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Stacey Richardson’s Weekly Workout Tip: http://straightsets.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/01/29/djokovic-tops-nadal-in-five-sets-to-win-in-australia/ Now I say that’s some $#^$@! tenacity for you!!  … Today at swim practice, one of my lane mates said something to me that swam around in my head all day. He had noticed that I buried my lanemates but that I kept talking with coach Becky about my stroke [...]

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Carol on January 24th, 2012    No comments »

Stacey Richardson’s Weekly Workout Tip: http://well.blogs…s-recognized-or-not/ I can't face another workout! In last week’s New York Times article, Gina Kolota cited the limits of workouts and the struggles faced by all athletes:  How much is too much? When do you rest? What is a challenge or self-destructive?  What are the signals for needing a rest [...]

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Carol on January 17th, 2012    No comments »

Stacey Richardson’s Weekly Workout Tip: TRI a horse? Isn’t it interesting to sometimes look at training in other sports and the performance modeling that lays the foundation? An equestrian friend of mine shared this pyramid last year, and it has swum around in my head as interesting, applicable, and yes, full of hors-isms. First, I [...]

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Carol on January 10th, 2012    No comments »

Stacey Richardson’s Weekly Workout Tip: Kismet is a word derived from Turkish and Hindi-Urdu, meaning Fate or Destiny, a predetermined course of events evolved from Persian qesmat, from Arabic qisma  This past weekend, Renato Canova and  Shaun Martin were two of the title speakers at the ADP distance running summit.  Both have accomplished things in coaching you would find superhuman.  Listening to their stories, [...]

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Carol on January 1st, 2012    No comments »

A reader named Jorge writes: Hi… do you have suggestion for me about my shin pain… i dont know what i need to do My Answer: Sorry to hear about your pain. It’s most likely shin splints: http://www.sportsin…rleg/shinsplints.htm Here’s an old post I wrote about avoiding run injuries (based on good advice from my brother): [...]

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