Category: Marathon Plan

• Proper Running Form = Less Injury

  

  Running Form While running might seem like a natural movement, adopting or adapting a proper running form, for distance runners, is essential to minimize the risk of injury and optimize performance. The key elements of basic running form includes footstrike, arms and hands, posture, head and chin position, stride length and turnover as well as…

  Joe Carei

  September 7, 2023

  5K, Fitness, Marathon, Marathon Plan, Performance, Performance, Physiology, running, Running Economy, Running Potential, Sport Psychology, Strength for runners, Uncategorized

  belly breathing, cadence, Fitness, goals, pace, running, running biomechanics, running breathing, running form, running posture, Training

• Smile Your Way to a Personal Record

  

  Recent studies have shed light on the fascinating connection between smiling and running, revealing the multifaceted ways in which a positive facial expression can translate into improved performances.

  Joe Carei

  August 13, 2023

  5K, Fitness, Marathon, Marathon Plan, Mental Health, Outdoor activities, Performance, Physiology, Recovery, running, Running Economy, Running Potential, Smiling, Smiling, Smiling, Sport Psychology, Strength for runners

  5K, Coach, Eliude Kipchoge, Endorphin, goals, Ineos 1:59 Challenge, Kipchoge, Marathon, Mental Health, planning, Positive Affirmation, Positive experience, Potential, running, Running Economy, Running Efficiency, Self-Motivation running, Smiling, Training

• Juicing for Recovery and Performance

  

  My focus as a coach has always been recovery.  I know that a good recovery leads to better training and thus better performance.  Being a chef, diet and food have been a focal point of recovery.  So when I hear of a food related, performance enhancer, my curiosity is put on high alert.   Two…

  Joe Carei

  August 1, 2023

  Cancer Prevention, Diet, Fitness, Marathon, Marathon Plan, Nutrition, Performance, Physiology, Recovery, running

  beet juice, beetroot juice, blood pressure, DOMS, endurance, Fitness, melatonin, Nutrition, Recovery, running, tart cherry juice, Training

• Become a One Percenter: Can I Run a Marathon?Checklist.

  

  Online running plans without coaching are like New Year’s resolutions, they usually do not last.

  Joe Carei

  April 25, 2023

  Fitness, Flexibility, Marathon, Marathon Plan, Sport Psychology, Strength for runners, Training

  Coach, goals, Marathon, Marathon Plan, planning, running, Training