This article is part of Endurance Planet’s ultrarunning article series. If you have questions, comments or feedback about “Basic Principles of the Lydiard Method”, please leave it below in the comments section… If you’ve been doing a fair amount of reading on marathon training then you must have come across this name Arthur Lydiard. Among Read More

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About me: Green Lakes was my fifth ultra. I’ve done two timed ones (8 hour, 12 hour) and two 50 milers. This was my first attempt at 100k, and my goal race for the summer. I’m a 47 year old woman. Training: I had an injury this winter (VMO atrophy) which kept me from running Read More

A lot of people visit Maine for the lobster.  On Saturday, July 16, my wife Ruth and I, joined by more than 70 other runners and their friends, traveled in search of lobster all the way to tiny Great Cranberry Island.   We found the lobster, but only after we ran the 5th Annual Great Cranberry Read More

I’m a typical triathlete – a big planner and organizer, I like to lay out my season well in advance. I generally don’t like surprises. This summer showed me what can happen if you let a little serendipity into your life. I had a rough winter laid up with a fibular stress fx and my Read More

Brad Culp, editor of LAVA Magazine, joins us to talk about the growing success of the Hy-Vee Triathlon. We also recap Ironman Canada and Ironman Louisville, and preview Ironman 70.3 Ireland. Click here to download audio. Read More

Ben Greenfield joins us as we recap a little of Tawnee’s first Ironman in Canada, including some of the nutrition woes she faced, plus Ben answers your questions on food-allergy testing and post-marathon headaches. Be sure to ask your sports nutrition questions on our Facebook page! Check out Tawnee’s blog for her full two-part race Read More