Pain but No Gain?
Sometimes pushing through the pain is more detrimental than beneficial to your training.
Sometimes pushing through the pain is more detrimental than beneficial to your training.
It is important to have specificity in training, but sometimes all we need is general fitness to succeed.
Taking a down week helps your body recover and build on fitness gained within running cycles.
Coach Alex Nichols talks about the ever elusive virtue — patience — and how to put it to use on race day.
Coach Alex Nichols talks about the failure avoidance cycle, and how we can break out of it.
Coach Alex Nichols talks about the importance of time off after a big race or training block, and how it should vary based upon a runner’s specific needs.
Coach Alex Nichols writes about how run commuting can help balance our run training with the rest of our lives.
Alex Nichols describes the benefits of two types of long-run training: time-on-feet long runs and high-quality long runs.
Alex Nichols, ultrarunner and coach, reflects on how he could have used a better race strategy at the 2021 Western States 100.
Coach Alex Nichols shares tips for getting out the door to run when motivation is lacking.
How to adapt running nutrition principles to your individualized needs.
Why and how to use time trials as part of your run training.
Coach Alex Nichols looks at what we can learn from a disappointing race.
Coach Alex Nichols on the importance of flat training in trail running and ultrarunning.
The pros and cons of running once versus twice per day.
Alex Nichols writes about maintaining balance between posting on social media and running healthfully and sustainably.
Coach Alex Nichols writes about returning to the trails after an extended time away.
Alex Nichols writes about finding the right kind of confidence in running.
How the seven-day training paradigm helps us organize our training and what other time schedules can also work for us.
Coach Alex Nichols writes about some of the training benefits of running alone.
Alex Nichols writes about adapting your training plan on the fly when you encounter problems.