As I said somewhere here, I’ve been, or will say I’ve been an active runner since 1995……so yeah, I am that old
Since, I’ve read, watched, tried everything…a wide variety of shoes, apparel, hydration, no hydration, diets, nutrition, marathon methods; you name it, I’ve tried it……and now about to turn 63, I can say, the real issue is over-thinking this stuff.
Seiously, every year, over and over again, pick up a copy of whatever, every month there’s a new method, and new training plan, run less, run more….lower or 0″ offset works, this shoe is magic, strength training, no strength training, stretching, no stretching ever, yoga, new yoga, hot yoga, cold yoga, train with others, now it’s train at home in our bedroom by yourself, drink lots of water, now just when thirsty, cross train, don’t cross train, heavy weights low rep, light weights high reps,
Now, the biggest new thing is midfoot strike vs heel or toe strike……
the thing everyone seems to forget is, it’s running?
What was true back when Frank Shorter and Bill Rogers were winning marathons hasn’t changed…….running, you have to run…
a shoe is not going to get you to the end of a marathon, running will….
I keep reading, I keep looking at on-line training options, each with an angle, something brand new that no one else has? It’s running…….no secret.
someone once told me that, and it was the best advice ever……
if you wanna run fast…..you need to run, fast
if you want to run far, you have to run far…
and if you want to run, you have to just, well, run……
like the simplest thing, that somehow, after books and books and advice and web pages, blogs, personal coaches, whatever…..it’s running……
there are some things sure….but even shoes. yes, some shoes work better than others, for everyone, but the millions and millions of dollars put into shoes is incredible, and again, shoes!
I do enjoy introducing others to running…and yeah, talking about shoes, apparel, nutrition, hydration…I like, actually surprisingly, taking on and instructing virtual, even in person clinics…sharing, yeah, sure, 10 weeks is a good start……
Yeah, we all know that line, ‘it’s not about the bike’ ………..this is sort of like that……despite eveything esle, all that’s been put out ther….bottom line, I believe anyway…no matter what you buy, no matter what you hear, it’s just running…..