Scott Douglas

3 weeks ago | runnersworld.com | Scott Douglas

One week before the 2018 New York City Marathon, US Olympian Jared Ward received a package from Saucony, his shoe sponsor. Inside were three early prototypes of what eventually became Saucony’s first super shoe, the Endorphin Pro 1. Ward’s typical marathon race-week workout is four one-mile repeats at marathon pace. He decided to convert the session into an experiment, with the help of Iain Hunter, an exercise science professor at Brigham Young University.

1 month ago | runnersworld.com | Scott Douglas

One week before the 2018 New York City Marathon, Olympian Jared Ward received a package from Saucony, his shoe sponsor. Inside were three early prototypes of what eventually became Saucony’s first super shoe, the Endorphin Pro 1. Ward’s typical marathon race-week workout is four one-mile repeats at marathon pace. He decided to convert the session into an experiment, with the help of Iain Hunter, an exercise science professor at Brigham Young University.

1 month ago | runnersworld.com | Scott Douglas

There are two kinds of runners, and you can tell them apart even when they’re not running. There are those who wear their warmest coat on the first cold day of fall. And there are those who wait for the depths of winter to break out the heavy artillery. I’m firmly in the latter camp. If you get all bundled up for Antarctica just because the temperature dips below freezing, you’ve played all of your cards—you have no more moves left for when things get really tough.

1 month ago | runnersworld.com | Scott Douglas

When talk about how to run faster turns to exercise science, VO2 max and lactate threshold are usually the subjects. And for good reason: VO2 max (your ability to pump a lot of blood to working muscles) and lactate threshold (your ability to sustain a fast pace without going anaerobic and having to slow) are key to success in every distance from the mile to the marathon. But there’s another important contributor—running economy—to your race times.

1 month ago | runnersworld.com | Scott Douglas

Do you want to not run up to your potential in your next race? Simple: Do like most runners, and have your warm-up consist of some light jogging, maybe a little stretching, and perhaps a sprint or two. What’s wrong with a warmup like that? It doesn’t accomplish what you need to race your best. The object of a pre-race warmup is to be able to hit race pace comfortably from the start. A mile of jogging and some toe touches won’t accomplish that.