Tuesday, July 21, 2015

I can't, We can

What is American Pharoah thinking about in this picture? He ain't thinking about anything. What about the physical pain he must feel to run this fast and win? Nope. This horse, just as any other horse, will run until it dies. He doesn't know he is a triple crown winner with millions in winnings. He has no concept of self.

We have a very strong concept of self. We have carefully spent a lifetime developing a personality that defines who we are. We have names, titles, possession, ideas, concepts, beliefs, prejudices, and much more that define us as separate and unique from each other and the rest of the world. 

The title of this is "I". In a workout or a race, this "I" will speak. It says, "I" cant do it. "I" am dying. "I" wont make it. 

If WE recognize this voice as just a passing thought, WE can motor through the workout/race, keep the tempo up and wait for the flow to return. WE can also key on the people around us in the workout or race and together, accomplish much more.

Monday, July 6, 2015

Formula for FAST RUNNING


Chip Owens - 35:58, 1st Place Age Group 45-49
John Owens - 39:54, 6th Place Age Group 14 and under
Evan Owens - 41:39, 1st Place Age Group 12 and under

We are very grateful to everyone who cheered for and congratulated us for our efforts in the Peachtree Road Race. We are especially thankful to the folks who support us and work out with us every day.

While winning is neither the end we strive for nor an outcome we shy away from, honoring the gift is always in the front of our minds. Winning is contingent on the maintenance of our physical fitness.

Winning isn't done in a race. Winning is done every day.  The daily workout is not a means to an end. It is the daily maintenance of our  physical condition that allows us to honor the gift.

We pride ourselves on being THE low mileage program. No running program gets more results out of less miles than Peachtree Road Boot Camp.

The secret sauce is in the exercise. Boot Camp produces elite level fitness through a combination of running and body weight exercise. Each day, we get together for an hour. During that hour we cover about 3.5 miles. All along the way, we stop and exercise. Some days we do squats and lunges, other days its push ups and sit ups. The point is, our heart rate never drops to rest. We maintain an elevated heart rate the entire hour. Additionally, the body weight exercise develops lean muscle that supports fast running.

The solid performances in the 2015 Peachtree Road Race are the result of an 18 week training/racing period. Each day we count how many miles we run and how many repetitions of exercise we perform. At the end of the week, we add up our total in a "book". Our book is our daily journal that we write in to record our daily physical output. Below is the weekly mileage and repetition count for the last 18 weeks.


  1. 16 miles, 1,900 reps
  2. 21 miles, 2,100 reps
  3. 26 miles, 4,200 reps
  4. 17 miles, 4,200 reps
  5. 23 miles, 3,100 reps
  6. 33 miles, 3,100 reps
  7. 22 miles, 3,000 reps
  8. 27 miles, 2,700 reps
  9. 33 miles, 3,300 reps
  10. 28 miles, 3,740 reps
  11. 34 miles, 3,400 reps
  12. 38 miles, 3,800 reps
  13. 42 miles, 3,000 reps
  14. 32 miles, 3,600 reps
  15. 38 miles, 4,200 reps
  16. 30 miles, 3,300 reps
  17. 31 miles, 3,100 reps
  18. 23 miles, 3,600 reps
We believe 200 body weight exercises produces the cardiovascular equivalent of running a mile. A 4,000 rep count week produces the fitness of running twenty extra miles without any additional pounding of pavement. Having elevated fitness without having to run for it allows us to run faster for the fewer miles we run, making us more comfortable running faster paces.

Peachtree Road Boot Camp works out 5 days a week, every weekday. Our weekly average is 18 miles, 3,000 reps. We average about 700 calories burned an hour (3,500 calories burned a week).

While the Peachtree Road Boot Camp formula of running/exercise is proven to produce elite level fitness, thin, fast and strong bodies, most folks come to enjoy the company of the awesome people that have adopted this discipline.