As an athlete pursuing any and all physical boundaries, I continually search for new methods to improve strength, speed, and resistance to fatigue. Like many endurance athletes, I choose to train and compete in activities in order to grasp what I can achieve physically.
The first time I ran 26.2 miles, I felt a [...]

I was faced with a tough decision just recently. I had to choose between racing two marathons that were three weeks apart from each other and I wasn’t sure if I should go for broke on both of them or use one as a training run in order to ensure peak performance in the second. [...]