Category: Strength for runners

• Understanding Carbo-Loading for Race Day Success

  

    When you think about preparing for a big race, you probably picture clocking miles, fine-tuning your running form, and maybe obsessing over which shoes will make you feel most like a cheetah. But there’s one critical part of race prep that doesn’t involve hitting the pavement: carbo-loading. That’s right, strategically consuming carbohydrates is like…

  Joe Carei

  October 11, 2024

  5K, Breakfast, Diet, Fitness, Food, Handhelds, High School, Hoagie, Injury, Marathon, Marathon Plan, Nutrition, Performance, Performance, Physiology, Recovery, running, Running Economy, Running Potential, Smiling, Strength for runners, Stress, summer running, Training, Uncategorized

  carb-a-palooz, carbo-loading, Coach, Diet, Fitness, glycogen stores, goals, health, High Carbohydrate foods, hydration, Marathon, Mental Health, Nutrition, planning, pre-race meals, running, running chef, Training, weight-loss

• 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

• Are You Ready? Top 10 List for Training.

  

  As you are starting to train for your next cross country season, racing season or fall marathon, you probably ask yourself, “Am I ready?”. After 4 decades of coaching I have found that the best way to answer that question is to make a list.   In the spirit of David Letterman, here is my…

  Joe Carei

  June 26, 2023

  Fitness, Flexibility, Mental Health, running, Sport Psychology, Strength for runners, Stretching, Training, Uncategorized

  Coach, Fitness, goals, Marathon, planning, running, 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