How to Get Better at Racing: An Interview With 1983 Boston Marathon Champ Greg Meyer
Summary: Most runners and coaches would agree that there is a big difference between running a hard workout and running a race.<br> And as we’ve talked about before, <a href="http://runnersconnect.net/coach-corner/teaching-yourself-to-race/">racing is a skill</a>.<br> The better you can get at learning to push yourself at the right moments, the better you’ll race.<br> One running legend who believes this is Greg Meyer, who until this <br> past April was known as “the last American man to win the Boston <br> Marathon.” (He finally lost that dubious honor to 2004 Olympic silver <br> medalist Meb Keflezighi in April)<br> Greg and many of his contemporaries in the late 1970s and early 1980s<br> were known for competing frequently while maintaining a fairly high <br> level of training.<br> Greg talks at length about the benefits of not just frequent racing, <br> but true competition and the different attitude and mindset that it <br> brings out.<br> Some of the key points of our discussion included:<br> <br> The training program that took Greg to wins at the 1982 Chicago and 1983 Boston Marathons<br> The idea of racing frequently and the different, more competitive attitude that stems from that<br> The 2014 Boston Marathon where Greg finally stopped being known as “The last American man to win Boston”<br> <br> This is a great talk that is sire to get you fired up for your next race.<br>
