Category: Half Marathon
Self Assessment Series: Part I
Heat Acclimatization
There is a 2016 update to this article ! Click here for 2016 Update As usual, it’s my athletes emails or questions posted to my…
Antioxidents: Blunt our training adaptations?
Below is an infogram from @YLMSportScience. We’ve talked about this before with ice baths for recovery. Part of the training adaptations are triggered by the…
Warm Ups: A little science and a little art
This post originated from my athletes asking questions and then realizing that I didn’t really know some of the answers. At first, this might not…
An athlete’s question: Hill repeats or hilly run?
I really like these and maybe we should make it a regular part of blogging! I got another great question from Jill, an athlete we…
A reader’s question
I get a lot of emails and do my best to answer as many as I can. Luckily for all of us, our readers ask…
My thoughts on heart rate training
Earlier this year, I did a podcast interview with a guy who pretty much blasted me because I don’t prescribe workouts based on heart rate.…
Podcast Episode: Metabolic Efficiency Pt 1
Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Email | RSS | MoreI’ve been doing metabolic testing and VO2max testing for a fair amount of time…
Dealing with Injury and Illness
Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Email | RSS | MoreBecoming injured or getting sick can sometimes be a death sentence. At the very…
Negative thoughts..
I saw a stat once that some 66% of our self talk thoughts (that voice in our head) is negative! If you think it, you…
How to return to workouts
This came to me as I read an early morning email from an athlete. This runner’s strength is also their biggest weakness- they are so…