A “blue-collar kid” who’s extremely gritty and relentlessly pursues her goals.
By Trevor Hass. Boston.com
As Heather MacLean has ascended from running rookie to collegiate athlete to All-American to Olympian, her journey has been anything but linear.
Unrelenting bouts with pneumonia in...
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Nice table outlining the historical progression of concepts like interval training, periodization and polarized training; and some sample training weeks from champion athletes
Alex Hutchinson, Outside
I won’t pretend to be impartial here: I love the Mile. It demands the legs of a sprinter,...
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“I have a million and one reasons to be grateful to Jenny Simpson.”
By Erin Strout, PodiumRunner.com
The last time Jenny Simpson watched the Olympics on television, it was 2004. Deena Kastor won a bronze medal in the Marathon and Simpson was a 17-year-old high school kid in Florida, unaware...
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The youngest outdoor national champion in the 1500 or Mile since 1911: “This whole year, I felt like I was proving myself to the world, but also proving my talent to myself."
By David Woods, Indianapolis Star
Over the course of three minutes, Cole Hocker was far from the desired destination,...
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