Some running articles I dug this morning

Here are some links that I enjoyed this morning and thought you might also:

My friend H and I were talking about her experience running daily doubles this summer.  My first thought, was "no way", "don't have the time", etc.  But, the more I thought about it and occassionally tried it, there were things about I really liked.  Here is an article that discusses some of these points.  However, once school starts I'm sure it's "game over" in this arena.  But, maybe we try it once or twice per week through the fall before the winter kicks our behinds?

http://www.active.com/running/Articles/Double-Up-Your-Daily-Runs.htm

For those who like a plan, don't have lots of days during the week to run and are early in their running development (or not), I like what Jeff Galloway is saying in the article below:

http://www.active.com/running/Articles/How-to-Double-Your-Endurance-in-6-Weeks.htm

And finally, two articles on strength training.  I started doing Jillian Michael's "Cutting it Up" routine with great results back in April.  Stonger, leaner and fitter I am for the things I like to do.  However, it's circuit approach which focuses on keeping your heartrate up and moving between upper and lower body assumes it's a complete workout with very little extra cardio.  I like to run about an hour a day and found it was making me super fatigued.  My solution was to cut way back on the lower body strength stuff while I'm running so much this summer and boost it back up this winter while continuing to do maintain upper body and core strength through two workouts per week.  That said, I'm still fine tuning the lower options as I don't like to completely eliminate lower.

http://www.active.com/running/Articles/3-Reasons-Strength-Training-Will_Benefit-Your-Run.htm

http://www.active.com/running/Articles/Strength_training_for_runners.htm

http://www.active.com/running/Articles/Reach_your_best_running_weight__Strength_train.htm

Run on friends.