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Your Invisible Training Partner

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Every runner runs with an invisible training partner.  You can’t see him.  You can’t hear him.  You can feel him, though.  Oh, how you can feel him.  You can taste him, too.  He tastes like blood and bile.  He tastes like fear.

On those easy runs, on runs that you feel great; you can barely notice him.  But you never escape him.  You never drop him.  He’s always there, and he’s out to get you.  He wants to hurt you.  He wants to hurt you bad.  And sooner or later, on

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Exercise to Increase Metabolism

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Exercise to increase metabolism is an important and easy thing to incorporate into a fitness lifestyle. Exercise to increase metabolism is important because as we age are resting metabolism decreases after the age of 25. This ever diminishing decrease in metabolism comes with the negative effect of muscle loss. After the age of 25, most people on average can lose about 5 pounds of lean muscle mass per decade.

In my article about fitness lifestyle, I discuss the importance of having large muscles since their primary source of energy is stored

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Cross Training Workout

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A cross training workout establish a foundation of fitness.  This foundation lets you train for future and more specific sports or activities. Let’s take a look.

Q) Cross Training Workout: Ask Ray!  Ray, How did you manage to cut over 4 hours off your Leadville Trail 100 Ultra running race time? Do you incorporate a cross training workout program into your ultra trail running training program?  If so, can you please share your cross training workout activities, when your do them, and for how long?  Thanks, Lisa

A) Lisa, the easy answer is

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