Hood to Coast Training Day #4 Balance Beams for Running?
Today was another great workout. The concept for this one continues our progression of developing higher levels of power in our strides. To accomplish this goal today we focused on increasing the range of motion in the major muscles of the lower body by doing some partner range of motion exercises and some long static [...]
Hood to Coast Training Day #3 Stairs, Stairs, and then some more Stairs
I apologize for the lateness of this update. This dates back to last Saturday when we decided to meet at a location where we had access to some stairs. It was a great workout as all of our stair routines are. The benefit of using the stairs is the ability to force your hips into [...]
Loren’s Sub-Fifty Quest: Part 7
Well its Monday and I am just starting the 4th week of this first period of my running progression. I did a tough 6 x 800 meters today, and I can definitely notice the increase in my muscular endurance from just a few weeks ago. I guess you could call this the end of the [...]
Runwithpower Facebook Fan Page
Runwithpower.com has recently published a fan page on Facebook, and has been growing in numbers over the last month! We just passed the 250 fan mark, and as promised, posted a link to a free workout routine for all Facebook fans of Runwithpower.com! As soon as we reach 500 fans, the larger version of that [...]
Hood to Coast Training Day #2
We met this morning for another round of training. Similar to last week we focused mostly on building up a muscular system that promotes a strong durable stride. It was early but the guys still worked hard and loved the back to back combination of Standing Front to Back Lunges then straight to Back Foot [...]
Boston Marathon Update: Training – A few new components
I know it’s been forever since my last post (thanks to all my hw!!) but I am happy to say my training has stayed consistent and allowed me to run strong, fast, and efficient! The Boston Marathon will only be my second marathon in what I hope to be a long and successful running [...]
Running Injuries: Preventable!
Good news! Your running injury is not just a random accident, but has in fact happen for a specific reason and also has a preventable cause. Just about every non-contact, sports-related injury can somehow be attributed to improper function of our muscles. With a bit of knowledge of the body and how it works, you [...]
Hood to Coast Training Begins
Today we got our Hood to Coast training started. There was just 6 of us today since some had other commitments but we were still able to kick off our training with an excellent muscle development workout. This early in the training we are completely focused on building a muscular system capable of withstanding the [...]
Loren’s Sub-Fifty Quest: Part 6
This past weekend I got to run the 200 meter in the University of Washington Indoor Preview. It really was just a practice run for me, the first official competitive race of my season. I ran a fairly average time, but a good season opening time for me at 24.30. One thing I tried was [...]
Cold Weather Running Tips
I was sitting at my Son’s Soccer game awhile back and one of the other parents was talking about how cold it was on her run this morning. I was reminded of the importance of taking care of yourself when running in the cold winter weather. In Northwest Oregon it seems as though the temperature [...]