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Threshold 1500 Warm up 400 w/u as 25free/25drill/25free/25 build or faster free. MS: Threshold effort. 400 on 20" rest. 300 on 15" rest. 200 with paddles negative split on 15" rest. 100 faster than normal threshold by 2" on 15" rest. Cool Down 100 w/...

This is a curiosity from kind of the professional side for me. I was actually out on a run, I met my friend Pat the other day, there's a trail near my house. And my friend Pat did not grow up really running, but he does ultras now. And so at my company, we do skincare pr...

Speed Endurance 1500 warm up 100 every 4th 25 kick without board, mixing it up. 100 every 4th 25 HE scull with strong kick. 100 w/ paddles building each 100 (so every 4th 25 is fast). 100 variable sprint as: 25 half fast/half easy, 25 half ez/half Fast,...

You've been dealing with side stitches while you're running and you want to know what can I do about it? Well, I'm Jesse Funk and on today's episode of Runner's High, I'm going to tell you about what science has to tell us about them, and what you can do about them.

Race Simulation 1400 warm up 500 every 4th HEScull. 8x25 variable sprints on 30. MS: All get out speed: 50 fast-10"rest-100 fast-15"rest-50 fast- 10"rest. 100-200-100 middle of race pace on 20" rest- more rest than normal, so faster pace than threshold....

I am now two weeks out from my marathon and as all runners feel compelled to say at this point, “the hay is in the barn.” I have overcome a two-week injury set back. I have trained around a full-time w...

I've talked to several guys now that are, they're both associated with universities or colleges. And both the gentlemen I talked to are studying things going on in the gut microbiome in relation to ultra runners. But they deal with a lot of like GI distress and that kind...

Race Simulation 1600 warm up 300 as 100free/50drill/100free/50kick. 6x50 odds 25Fast/25Ez, Evens build on 55-60”. MS: 300 fast get out speed, broken 15"@ the 200. 15”rest. 3x200 threshold on 15" rest. Cool Down 100 very easy perfect stroke Read more

Threshold 1550 warm up 400 every 4th length nonfree choice. 300 as 25 fist ez/25 build/25fast! MS: All on 15" rest threshold effort. 2x250 free. 2x125 Slight descend by 2”. Cool Down 100 w/d. Read more

The study that I'm the lead author on was my dissertation project. And I'm super proud of it because it was not easy. And I came up with the idea kind of, by myself, it wasn't like normally you have some influence from your advisor where there's funding. This was totally me th...