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A Bloody Mess: Understanding Your Iron Levels by Kevin Beck for LowellRunning.com Anemia, while hardly limited to endurance athletes, is a condition that most serious, longtime runners encounter to some degree at least once. (If you don’t know what the symptoms feel like or even what anemia is, do read the material on the Mayo ClinicRead more about A Bloody Mess: Understanding Your Iron Status[…]
On to 2019, Reviewing Your Year, Part two by Kevin Beck for LowellRunning.com There is a danger in over-associating significant single workouts with race-day success. Sometimes, if an athlete completes a powerful, unprecedented workout like, say, 3 x one mile at well under 5K pace or a fantastic marathon-pace run a few weeks before a greatRead more about On to 2019: Reviewing Your Year, Part two[…]
On to 2019, Reviewing Your Year, Part one by Kevin Beck for LowellRunning.com Already, without prompting from the Internet, you’ve started concocting your running goals for 2019. Soon, you’ll see about a zillion articles and blog posts throwing more variables and ideas at you than your mind can process at once. Focus on the marathon andRead more about On to 2019, Reviewing Your Year, Part one[…]
Form Matters: Limitations on Assessment by Kevin Beck — Suppose someone asked you, in the warm, bright glow of an office Christmas party, if you have any fear of being in unlit places, or if the idea of being cold and alone in an unfamiliar environment was unsettling. Depending on your gender, age, and individualRead more about Form Matters: Limitations on Assessment[…]
Rumors About Your Running Form Are Greatly Exaggerated by Kevin Beck — None of us can change most of what our bodies contain at the cellular level and how our bodies behave on the inside while we’re running. Anyone can improve vastly with training, no matter how great or small the genetic gifts that personRead more about Rumors About Your Running Form Are Greatly Exaggerated[…]