Mojo For Running

In this episode, I introduce you to three high school cross country runners. This episode was originally an article printed in Florida Running & Triathlon Magazine. I write an article for each issue, and each one features several runners' experiences as they tackle a new distance or type of race. These three are just finishing […] The post MFR 04: High School Cross Country Runners appeared first on Mojo for Running.

Let's talk about the all-important once weekly long run, which is distinct from the other hard run days of the week. The long run is the second basic weekly element of any running training schedule, after the hard easy principle. In other words, you want to include a long run as one of the hard […] The post MFR 03: The Once Weekly Long Run appeared first on Mojo for Running.

After running and racing for almost 30 years, I finally decided to become a certified running coach. Going into the the training, I assumed I had a reasonable knowledge of how to train, particularly since I'd been working with a coach. So, imagine my surprise when I learned that there was a great quantity of […] The post MFR 2: The Hard Easy Training Principle appeared first on Mojo for Running.

After running for thirty years, I became a certified running coach, and I gotta say, I was amazed at how much I didn't know about how to train. Like most people, for those thirty years, I was tied up with other things besides studying about running. I was teaching school, raising my two kids, and […] The post MFR 1: Mojo for Running Podcast Overview appeared first on Mojo for Running.

In this first podcast Coach Debbie Voiles provides an overview of the topics planned in future episodes. Scroll down and click on the underlined podcast title OR go to iTunes and subscribe to this podcast. First, she will discuss basic running training principles. These are accepted guidelines for planning running programs. Any runner should be able to apply these guidelines to create an individualized daily training plan. Other topics will include base building, tapering, cross training, racing, speed work, stretching, drills, strength training, heart rate monitors, trail running, and much more. Subscribe to this podcast on iTunes.