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How to Get Better at Racing: An Interview With 1983 Boston Marathon Champ Greg Meyer
And as we’ve talked about before, racing is a skill.
The better you can get at learning to push yourself at the right moments, the better you’ll race.
One running legend who believes this is Greg Meyer, who until this past April was known as “the last American man to win the Boston Marathon.” (He finally lost that dubious honor to 2004 Olympic silver medalist Meb Keflezighi in April)
Greg and many of his contemporaries in the late 1970s and early 1980s were known for competing frequently while maintaining a fairly high level of training.
Greg talks at length about the benefits of not just frequent racing, but true competition and the different attitude and mindset that it brings out.
Some of the key points of our discussion included:
This is a great talk that is sire to get you fired up for your next race.
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