Endurance Junky

Scooped from the Trifuel.com Blog. Top Ten Toughest Edurance Races. I really want to do the the Inca Trail Marathon. Though it measures barely an ultramarathon, the Inca Trail through the Peruvian Andes to Machu Picchu is a helluva endurance challenge, if only for the outrageous trail conditions and mystical historical payoff. Be prepared to [...]

Looks like Dean Karnazes was not the first to do 300 miles. http://www.tucsoncitizen.com/breaking/032805reed.php

Interesting article that discusses the results of a study on runners who used tempo workouts vs a group who used interval workouts. The difference in times are quite dramatic, read the article for more info. 10k training: What does science have to say about the right training programme for the 10K?

I just noticed on my OD that I just past 500 clicks this year bike commuting (533.9) to be exact. I wondered how many km’s would this equate to in running? Google lead me to this: Cycling versus Running Written by: Edmund R. Burke, Ph.D.

Intersting article on runnersworld : Can Hill Running Make You Faster? . They mention New Zealand’s Jonathan Wyatt the guy who shattered the Grouse Grind record with a time of 24:22 (for some reason Grouse mountain has not updated the site to reflect this). Here is a tip from the world champion mountain runner: “Relaxation [...]

I know the secret to running/cycling fast, just don’t tell anyone are you ready … it is body weight. It doesn’t matter how many intervals, tempo runs you pound if you still have the puppy fat you are not going to move with any celerity. Lance Armstrong knows it, Jan Ullrich still hasn’t seen the [...]

Tuesdays are tempo run days. Out of all the workouts I do I find this day the hardest. Here is a brief definition of what a ‘Tempo Run’ is: From Pete Pfitzinger, M.S. Tempo runs are arguably the most important type of training for distance runners. Scientific studies have shown that tempo runs are an [...]

I ride my bike to work 4 days a week Monday – Thursday, from Comox St. on the edge of Stanley Park to the UBC campus it is a very nice ride. This acts as excellent base training. If I ride 4 days a week that is a total of just over 4 hrs of [...]

Welcome to my site. I hope you enjoy my ramblings as I document my season of training as I attempt to run a sub 33 minute 10k, break the 29 minute barrier in the Grouse Grind Mountain Run, and shoot for a 2:40 marathon. These are all very lofty goals, they maybe impossible, but I [...]