A 401k of muscles, one fast mile and starting

As most of you know, I am a huge advocate of strength training for runners. Enough so that I have been teaching Strength Training for Runners on Wednesday nights for about a DECADE, and for more than four years those classes have been online and FREE to anyone wanting to join! Teaching strength training for runners is truly one of my longest-term relationships and a great joy. And yet, I am willing to bet that less than 10% of dear readers are doing any sort of strength training. I invite you every week (gold plated fancy invitation here) and I am NOT going to stop (so if this is annoying, write back UNSUBSCRIBE).

If this article on how to stick with strength training resonates with you and you want to chat about where to start on your journey to super stable lunges, confident side planks and a whole 401k worth of muscles for healthy aging, get in touch. 

"Strength training isn’t the problem. Starting is.
Most people go too hard too soon, or stay stuck doing too little for too long. They chase someone else’s program, get sore, lose confidence, and fall off track. There’s one more reason: the expectations you carry about where you think you should be on day one, day fourteen, or day forty-five compared to where you actually are." 

ITS NOT OVER TIL ITS OVER
This weekend at the Women's Ironman World Championships in Kona, the top TWO race leaders (and two favorites to win) succumbed to the heat on the run portion, and dropped, one at mile 17 and the other at mile 24 leaving room for third place, Solveig Løvseth from Norway to win it all. And while the heat took out two top pros on the run, second place, Kat Mattews ran hard running a 2:47:23 on the marathon and getting within 35 seconds of first place. So close after 8+ hours of racing. A race is NEVER over until it is over. You never know when 4th place could turn into 2nd! All the details here. 

Also, Natalie Grabow finished the race at age 80. She started triathlon at age 60 because she was getting injured from only running and taught herself how to swim from a book. 

ATHLOS
If you like track, there is something to really like called Athlos, an all-women's track meet paying the athletes big money and pushing the visibility of women's track in the US which took place last weekend in NY. In the mile the pace setter couldn't keep up! Then the two race leaders were over 100m ahead of the rest of the field. WOW. The event winner of each race won $60,000, heck yeah! 

WHAT TO WATCH
A new film, “Katharina,”follows Katharina Hartmuth as she navigates injury, loneliness and mental health while racing the biggest ultras in the world. Because running isn't therapy. "In the beginning I was for sure running away from things."