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In this presentation, Richard Benyo discussed the 11 blind alleys down which no marathoner should run. In the days of the First Running Boom, newbies were eager to learn the Rules of the Road when it came to running and especially marathoning. Richard Benyo is the editor of Marathon & Beyond Magazine and is the author of Timeless Running Wisdom.
Richard Benyo advises varying the lengths and paths of your training runs or entering unique events. In the “Race Different (and Even Weird) Distances” bonus chapter from Timeless Running Wisdom, author and longtime runner Richard Benyo advises varying the lengths and paths of your training runs or entering unique events to include odd distance events such as a 12K or even a 100-meter sprint. If you enjoy the FREE bonus chapter, check out the other 24 chapters that make up the complete work ...
In the days of the First Running Boom, newbies were eager to learn the Rules of the Road when it came to running and especially marathoning. Richard Benyo is the editor of Marathon & Beyond magazine and is the author of Timeless Running Wisdom. He is chairman of the board of the Napa Valley Marathon and along with his running partner, Tom Crawford, was the first runner to run from Badwater in Death Valley (lowest point in the Western Hemisphere and hottest place on Earth) to the peak of Mt...
One of the easiest ways to release the athletic beast inside and to keep it loose is to set running goals, both short term and long term. An aspect to consider with running, at least if you wish to race, is competition—against other runners and against yourself. Like running on a game reserve in Kenya, or running three races in three days in Bermuda, or running over a mountain range over rough tracks and through rivers in New Zealand.
To keep running from becoming boring, some people schedule at least one annual special run, often on a birthday. I’m personally not fond of birthday bashes in which runners go to a track for the day and run the number of miles that correspond to their age, because running around a track doesn’t fit my concept of an adventure run. My favorite adventure runner is Dean Karnazes, the author of Ultramarathon Man: Confessions of an All-Night Runner and an outstanding endurance runner.
People who are very serious about their running are frequently not serious enough about the resting phase of their training. And it’s the resting phase of a training program where the training effect actually takes place. Some runners expect to run well on more rest than training.
