Training Status Unproductive | How to Utilize Training Load
Garmin Training Load and Polar Cardio Load are designed to help runners prevent over training and take in to account their sleep recovery, but should they really be guiding you?…
Coros Apex Review | Fit, Function and Features You’ll Want
The Coros Apex is a beast of a running watch with stellar battery life, tools you’ll actually utilize and with plenty of options to find the fit that works for…
Coros Pace 2 | Budget Friendly Running Watch
This year I’ve slapped a wide variety and brands of running watches on my wrist to cover thousands of miles. Coros Pace 2 is a new budget friendly running watch…
Polar Vantage V2 Review
In the last year, I’ve tested a number of Polar watches including the Pacer Pro, M, the V and now the Polar Vantage V2 review. The Polar Vantage V2 is…
Benefits of Thinking like an Elite Runner
Want to blow your PR {personal record} out of the water? Me too!! While I have no intention of working my way in to the elite coral {though I did…
10 Everyday GPS Watch Tips and Tricks Every Runner Should Know
If you’re going to splurge on a great GPS watch for running, then you might as well make the most of it! Just like when you get a new phone,…
Garmin Forerunner 945 Review vs Garmin Fenix 5
When it was time to upgrade my old GPS watch, my wandering eye went straight to the top with the good looking Garmin Fenix 5s. Then suddenly I was hit…
Garmin Fēnix 5 Review: Taking a Running Watch to the Next Level
Last Christmas I started debating what type of new GPS watch I wanted to get…not only was this debate internal, but I of course went to social media to get…
Suunto 5 Review: Fitness Tracker and Running Watch Combined
An in depth Suunto 5 review on what's working, what's not working and how this GPS running watch stacks up to others over my thousands of miles running.
TomTom Runner Watch Review
I get asked frequently about which GPS watch I wear and the truth is that I rotate a lot..but one that you’ve seen on my wrist for at least 4…
Timex Ironman GPS Watch Reviews
12 years ago I walked in to Wal-Mart as a poor college student looking for a watch to wear as I started running. I found a Timex Ironman watch that…
Epson ProSense 307 Review: GPS Multisport Watch
Following is a detailed Epson ProSense 307 review, including features and my own experience using the watch for a few months of training and daily tracking. Hopefully, this will provide…
Top 5 Running Books to Skyrocket Your Motivation
It’s darker, it’s colder and I don’t know about you, but that’s when I pull out a good book to boost my motivation. I know reading is sooooo old school.…
TomTom Spark 3 Review
We know that I’m a huge fan of a good GPS watch and also SUPER PICKY. I’ve tested so many different watches now, pitting Suunto vs Polar vs Garmin, but…
Oakley Radar Pace: Never Check Your Watch Again
The streets are quiet. The moon shining a sliver of a path along the sidewalk; just enough to keep you moving, but cautious. And then you wonder “what’s my pace?”…
Is Decision Fatigue Limiting your Results?
Been there, ate that. I’m a nibbler, especially when it comes to foods that I think I shouldn’t be eating. Instead of just having a cookie, I’ll break it in…
Meb For Mortals Book Review
What is it that they do differently? Besides devoting their entire day to training, recovering and eating…ok well that actually pretty much answers what they do differently. However, we all…
Could your pain be all in your head?
Race week injuries. We’ve attributed them to over training and “taper madness” for years, but we still believe something physically must be wrong. This post is going to piss off…
Complacency Will Kill You and other Lessons for Big Results
Sitting in a cold auditorium is how I might have started many nap stories during college, but in 2012 at a work convention I stumbled upon what is to date…
Do Your Best, Forget the Rest: Tony Horton Book Review
“I’m a guy who got tired of being out of shape, miserable, stressed out and broke. I saw my Big Picture, I put together a plan, and I acted on…
LHR Training Revisited with MAF Method
Last spring I started the low heart rate training method {LHR}, popularized by Phil Maffetone. It’s been buzzed about it for years, but it took Miss Zippy sharing her process…
Polar RC3 integrated GPS watch Review
Runners are not known for being open to change. We find a pair of running shoes that work and head out to buy them in mass, lest they change the…
Running with the Kenyans
Have you ever wondered why Kenyans seem to dominate the marathon? If you’ve watched any of the major races in recent years, surely you have as the numbers are staggering……
Eat and Run – Scott Jurek: Accountability Monday
I love a good book and a good book that can make me fall in love with running all over again is hard to find and greatly cherished. Hence the…
Best Breathing Technique for Runners
A few months ago I reviewed the book Running on Air from Budd Coates. Many of you saw an article about it in either Runner’s World or Men’s Health and…
Running on Air
It’s no secret that I love to read and my nightstand is usually overflowing with at least one running book, one spiritual or informational book and one book that allows…
Scott Jurek is my BFF
I interrupt this week’s Workouts and Goals to tell you about my new BFF. Yeah that’s right, Scott and I are tight after a run together this weekend. Here is…
