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Author: Paul Radcliffe
August 26, 2014
Cheat Week(s)
I’d like to think I’ve been training pretty hard. This Jack Daniels’ inspired training program is a big step up from my usual training scheme, and I like it! I’m glad that I had a break from weight training and Tai Chi during the Phase III: Transition Quality period. I may have also accidentally stumbled upon another possible secret to success: The Cheat Week. I bemoan and regret when my training lags. It’s an amazing feeling to look at my dailymile stats and see the mileage and effort constantly increasing. But after pushing hard for a while, I tend to[…continue reading]
August 20, 2014
Daniels’ Training Phase IV: Final Quality
It’s amazing how quickly time flies. If feels like only yesterday that I picked up Jack Daniels’ book and started drafting my Jack Daniels Inspired Summer Training Program. Now I’m almost done Phase III: Transition Quality and moving into the final stretch, Phase IV: Final Quality. This last phase is normally when I would be tapering, but Dr. Daniels’ takes a different approach. The last week feels almost like an anti-taper with a significant amount of easy miles. I’ve trusted the plan so far, so I’ll trust this too. The last week of this is the strangest. I’m used to taking it very easy[…continue reading]
August 18, 2014
In Praise of the #5amRunClub
I posted some motivational images about running early in the morning on this post, but this post will talk about it in detail. One of the biggest challenges of my current Jack Daniels inspired training program was finding time to do five runs each week. I constantly saw dailymile posts by Nicole, Sam, Emma, Patty and others featuring the hastag #5amRunClub, so I decided to join in. I wasn’t disappointed. (To be fair, the idea of running early in the morning wasn’t entirely foreign to me; I ran early in the morning during my Dopey Training last fall) It is[…continue reading]
