I first heard about the Purple Dragon running club from a helpful running store clerk a few months ago. “They post the details on instagram!” He exclaimed. Considering I don’t posses the power of instagram, I humbly asked my then girlfriend, now fiancé, to look them up. However legit they appeared, I wanted to wait […]
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I’ll begin with a riddle: What can money not buy you, priviledge not endow, and no one gift? Answer: grit. Running, like other sports or artistic endeavors, is an avenue of virtue. You can’t make it out the door each day to train without discipline. You can’t tolerate the: most-sobering-bus-ride-of-your-life wait traveling from Boston to
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Luden et al. published a study in the Journal of Applied Physiology in 2010 titled: “Myocellular basis for tapering in competitive distance runners.” studying the effects of tapering in Taylor University Cross Country runners. The purpose was to study the effects of a 3 week taper on the physiology of competitive distance runners. They studied
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The following information was sourced from Wang et al. 2023. Define tapering – A training strategy that progressively de-loads in a non-linear manner to induce optimal athletic performance at the desired moment of the season. Define time to exhaustion (TTE) – This is an athlete’s fatigue tolerance. Performance can be crudely summarized as: Performance =
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Hello all! I had an immense day of adventuring in Austin and I thought I would share. The week of 2/24 – 2/28, being the first week of my career as a Physical Therapist, was both fun and exhausting. I am getting caught up to speed on the documentation software, learning plenty from my veteran
I awoke promptly at 6am. I whipped up some coffee and pretty soon my laces were tied and I was out on the open road. I knocked out a killer run despite the cold. It just reminded me of indoor track season in high school, which usually involved a lot of outdoor Winter running. I
Alright day 3. I slept much better last night. This is getting better and better. I made my first batch of coffee from the aeropress. I don’t know if I’m doing it exactly right. The coffee is alright. I think it’ll get better when I calibrate the parameters and variables to my taste. From there,
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Day 2 started with a quick bike ride to the Monkey Nest. Being a cafe and deli, the Monkey Nest served coffee, tea, and different styled bean burritos. I met the barista, Kate, and she warmly welcomed me to Austin. I noticed a handful of neat photography on the walls and it sparked my curiosity
Okay I made it safe. From Virginia for 27 years to Austin, Texas. I sold my car and basically everything I own. All that I’m holding in the above photo is all I own. Everything was going smoothly. I dropped off my bike bag and my suitcase to check it on the plane. However, after
Ding et al. conducted a meta-analysis1 to determine the effectiveness of warm-up intervention programs (WIPs) in reducing the risk of injury. All studies included active warm-ups, i.e. not warm-ups from external means (hot showers, saunas etc.) 15 articles were used for the meta-analysis. Based on the risk of bias assessment, all of the studies were