Angus Nelson

"Stryder" Lukáš didn't let the disappointment of a cancelled race day stop him from running a personal best at 5K and 10K today: === 10k time trial today Even though my race was canceled/

“In life our first job is this, to divide and distinguish things into two categories: externals I cannot control, but the choices I make with regard to them I do control. Where will

If your early season races have been cancelled already... You only have one chance at a good race performance this year. This may be an uncomfortable truth for some of you, but it

Every few years there is a news cycle that trumpets the performance benefits of high intensity interval training (HIIT) or some other flashy magic workout. The running media picks up on the cycle

The running industry is on an endless hunt for shoes that recycle more and more energy. And we, as runners, are more than happy to bust out our wallets to buy the latest

How important is mastery of your warm up routine? If you follow some of the fitness gurus that I follow, they would argue that warming up is useless. They argue that you would

Here is an all-too-common but entirely preventable problem that I used to encounter over and over again in my training: Missed warning signs Now that I look at so much running data and

One of the biggest fears that runners express to me is that they are afraid to collect even more data. They cannot manage the data they have already so the idea of "more"

For all the bored runners out there that believe they have already mastered how to structure their training, prepare for races, and generally think they have nothing "new" to explore training-wise, some of

One of my favorite ever running quips is: The fastest runner rarely wins on race day. I can't remember where I first heard it and it is impossible to count how many times

There is one race that will be talked about for at least the next 100 years and is guaranteed to be talked about long into the future as long as humans keep running.

The Olympic Trials were this past weekend and all I could think about was how a lot of athletes could have had a better day if they had paced their race better. The

Which category of data-driven runner do you fall into? 1. The Data Addicted Runner The data addicted runner is strapping every gadget on their body as possible and enabling as many features as

"Stryder" Kevin showed that you don't have to lead the race from start to finish to still place highly: === I had my first 1st race recently with Stryd after only a few months

Whenever I watch an elite marathon race or any endurance race, I often see all the top runners sticking together in a single pack. This is a smart strategy for short races like

Here is one thing that used to get on my nerves... Early Season Training The ease and monotony of early season training always seemed to be a necessary evil that I had to

Here is an "anxiety inducing" race day situation I have been in more often than I would ever like to. It happens nearly every time I make the final turn into the last

Like many of you, I am on a quest for running excellence. My quest has been going on since I first started running over a decade ago. There has been moments that have

What is the best way to see how you stack up against other runners? The typical answer is to compare race times with other runners. That can be a pretty good solution, actually.

How much does wind impact your 5K time? Hans and Ron, authors of The Secret of Running, had a quantitive look. They looked at how three headwind and tailwind speeds affect an 18-minute

Here is an important fact about the wind: The cost of overcoming air resistance increases at a non-linear rate. That means that every additional "mile per hour" of wind/air resistance costs more