Marathon

“Barry Sears, Hippocrates, and My First Marathon” by Dr. Donaldson

July 22, 2016

It was one day in April in 1995, I decided I wanted to run a marathon. I didn’t want to run the marathon because of the challenge or the glory. I wanted to run it because I had gotten heavy into the Zone diet by Barry Sears. I was so into Barry Sears I arranged…

March 30, 2016

Training for a marathon is a daunting task, and there are various philosophies of training. Many traditional training strategies favor high mileage weeks. But, as a certified coach, I’ve researched various options and chosen to take a different route with my training. Specifically, I decided to focus on balancing a weekly endurance-building long run, high…