The Simple Way(s) to Run Better...

1 Key, 3 Tips and 8 Steps to becoming a better, faster runner:

The Key: run

Tip 1: run

Tip 2: run regularly and consistently

Tip 3: run with good mechanics, technique & form

Step 1: basics are best

Step 2: run

Step 3:  run with good mechanics, technique & form

Step 4: run regularly & consistently

Step 5: run fast, at times

Step 6: get strong

Step 7: stay injury free

Step 8: recover

Forget the tricks, they can be traps. Basics are best, so do them well. Get out the door, and run.

No level of wishing, hoping and dreaming and goal-setting will ever replace good ol’-fashioned run-training: in the sun, wind, hail and rain; over hills, grass, sand, trail and varied terrain; sometimes slow, sometimes fast, and in between, priority not last; leave the gadgets, forget the numbers, get out there; think, immerse and do - as athletes, as runners.