Queen Ant:  With ants, only those who work may stay.

 

Grasshopper:  Listen. The Good Book says, “The Lord provides, there’s food on every tree.”  I see no reason to worry and work.  No, sir.  [spits]  Not me.

That’s the thing ‘bout opinions – EVERYONE has one.

Ya’ll know: I’m a goal setter, a dream chaser…but a goal-setter with a plan.  Do I attain all my goals?  Heck no, ’bout 50-50.  BUT do I dream BIG?  Heck yeah.  Small dreams, small life – MY opinion.  Remember, everyone has one 🙂

2018 been hittin’ it hard: Hawaii to North Carolina, Alabama to Leesport PA.  Ramped up now, running on all cylinders.  Added e-Stim Training (electric muscle stimulation) last week for faster muscle recovery.  Weekly mileage up & staying up.

Call it out, sure it’s risky – they might laugh.  17 marathons first half 2018.  Dreamin’ B-I-G!

“A goal without a plan is only a dream.”

52 days – Bighorn WYOMING (52 miles of trail ‘long the Montana border)

73 days – Knysna SOUTH AFRICA (Elephant Park overnite)

94 days – Juneau ALASKA (canoeing under Mendenhall Glacier)

131 days – St John’s NEWFOUNDLAND (completing Canada’s Maritimes Oct 14^th in PEI)

265 days – King George Island ANTARCTICA

One life, no excuses.  Call it out to the universe, embarrass yourself – but DREAM & dream BIG.

e-Stim Training

Tips for tapering and more

 

With just a handful of weeks remaining until your half- or full- marathon, a popular topic concept to discuss is the “taper.” Tapering refers to a reduction of training volume in the weeks (generally 1-3 weeks) leading up to your event.

 

This reduction of training volume is hypothesized to allow muscle glycogen to rebuild and for relative muscle recovery, to try and allow for peak performance.

 

For all but the elite runners, it should be noted, there is scant if any, medical evidence to show tapering is a necessary, or even beneficial, part of training for a half- or full- marathon.

 

While studies suggest elite-level runners may improve performance by 1-2% (enough to go from 3rd to 1st place at Boston, for instance) with appropriate tapering, research has failed to demonstrate a significant performance effect for the average runner, with essentially identical performances at these distances, between those who choose to taper and those who do not, especially when they are taking part in a marathon or half-marathon preparatory program and are not consistently running at high volumes of miles throughout the balance of the year.

 

Further, muscle glycogen stores are rapidly depleted and repleted and can be replenished even in the last day or two before your event, thus eliminating the potential benefit of tapering several weeks in advance of your race for the vast majority of runners.

 

Buffalo Marathon & Excelsior Orthopaedics