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Podcast 26: Interview with Greg McMillan, running coach and exercise physiologist

Posted March 12th, 2007 at 1:40 PM by Adam Jacobs

Section: Special Features, Interviews, Podcasts

Today’s podcast features my interview with coach Greg McMillan.

Greg has trained a wide range of athletes and continues to offer a plethora of coaching services through his company, McMillan Running. He holds a masters degree in exercise physiology, has coached and managed the Discovery USA team, and had the privilege of being mentored by coaching legends like Arthur Lydiard, Jack Daniels, Tim Noakes and Gabriele Rosa.

Download the podcast to hear Greg discuss the impact of the before-mentioned coaching icons, his new post-collegiate running group, dependence on GPS units, workouts for marathon time prediction, the 2008 Olympics and much more!

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Host: Adam Jacobs
Guest: Greg McMillan
Producer: Greg Cherniet
Music: Ryan Ahlwardt & Darnell Perkins
File size: 17.6MB
Length: 00:25:40

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TFS Book Review:
“The Lore of Running”

Posted January 16th, 2007 at 8:17 AM by Lora Burnett

Section: Motivation, Books, Special Features, TFS Reviews

It has been called “the Bible for runners” — perhaps because of its sheer bulk, or the scope of its reference, or the personal and mostly benevolent voice of the author. But most of the time, when a book is referred to as “the Bible” on a subject, this means it is an authoritative and comprehensive source of knowledge or guidance on a particular subject.

In that sense, The Lore of Running, by Tim Noakes, M.D., is indeed the Bible for runners. Noakes’ book, with 710 pages of text and an 86-page bibliography, is biblical in proportion. Further, on every page Noakes offers readers a vast store of knowledge touching on practically every aspect of running.
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Negative Splits: Use Them to Perform Better in Your Next Marathon

Posted September 25th, 2006 at 3:25 AM by Jim Fortner

Section: Running & Training, Training Tips

race clock.jpg A note from TFS: Jim Fortner is a weekly, guest contributor to The Final Sprint. Make sure to also check out “Jim2’s Running Page”, his own personal running and advice site.

Negative splits are the time proven way to best run a marathon. All “experts” and most experienced marathoners that I am aware of recommend targeting negative splits of 2-3%.

The problems with a race plan that is based on positive splits, even small ones, are: (1) faster consumption of glycogen, which means that your body becomes more dependent on fat for fuel earlier in the race; (2) you reach your AT/LT earlier in the race, so a greater portion of the race is spent running anaerobically, i.e., the wall arrives earlier and harder; and (3) it allows for less margin of error in case you miscalculated your ability on race day or any of many other variables bite you in the butt. You wind up running a greater percentage of the race in the less efficient mode, which exacerbates your late race “decline” and can lead to a hard crash.

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