"The two most powerful warriors are patience and time." - Leo Tolstoy
arete - attaining excellence through competition

Saturday, May 29, 2010

in the beginning there was June

And in the beginning coach said let there be gentle running at very low volumes for the four weeks that is called June. Gentle running that re-acquaints rested muscles and tendons, ligaments and joints, with the sweet and beautiful motion that is running. Gentle running that barely tests well-developed aerobic systems, touching only the lowest levels of aerobic capacities that will be greatly expanded in the coming months. And gentle running that is undertaken only 5 days a week for the first two weeks, then 6-7 days the following two weeks. Gentle running that frees the mind of effort and allows for big and important dreams to seep in.

And coach looked at the gentle running at low volumes for the four weeks that is June and saw that it was good.

Then coach looked at the core muscles, the pillar that stabilizes the body as one holistic unit. And coach looked at the website, runningdvds.com, and searched through the the links within the 'download' section.

Coach looked through the various workouts contained in the pdf's and the completion of the workouts 4-5 times a week, and saw that they were good.

And then coach looked at iron supplementation, researched and learned the average red blood cell lives for only 120 days. And coach calculated then that every three months we all must reproduce about 5,000,000 red bloods cells. Coach knew then how important DAILY supplementation with 325 mg of ferrous sulfate in combination of vitamin C was. Coach knew that this daily supplementation would provide our bodies with the needed iron to constantly supply the vital new red blood cells.

And coach looked upon the daily supplementation of iron, along with the 4-5 times a week of core strengthening, and the gentle running during the four weeks that is called June, and saw that they were good.