Coach Vigil’s Concepts for Success
When you read the works of the best coaches, they all seem to begin with a general set of core concepts that runners need to…
Category: High School
What my Inside Tracker data told me.
Recently, we announced that we are now part of the Inside Tracker Pro program. I am really excited about this for myself, as well as…
Breaking Points
I have run with an orthotic for most of my running life. There was definitely some trial and error in the beginning, but the end…
Product Spotlight: Isalean Shake
Runners are now recognizing that protein plays a big role in endurance performance. However, what we are seeing is that a lot of our athletes,…
Nutrition: Diet Definitions
https://media.blubrry.com/hansonscoaching/hansonscoaching.s3.amazonaws.com/media/dietdefinitions.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Email | Youtube Music | RSS | MoreLast time, we talked about macronutrients…
Hanson’s Community Questions: Episode 1 VO2max pace work
HCS Community Page:4/28/16 From our closed Facebook Community: Sasha: I would like to know if/how Hansons training addresses different pace work such as VO2Max, etc.…
Increasing Training Mileage: How to and when to stop!
Mileage is always a big topic of discussion with runners, almost a badge of honor for some runners. For newer runners, the questions usually revolve…
HCS and Periodization: How we structure training
I’ve read a lot of books about training and everyone talks about “periodization.” For those that don’t know the term, it’s essentially a roadmap to…
Ibuprofen and acute recovery
How many times have we put ourselves, or even worse- has our coach, through a tough workout that left our poor muscles just shredded? If…
Sprint Training: Hurt or help aerobic development
One of the criticisms I have seen against the Hansons Marathon Method is that the speed work is in beginning of the training segment because…
Treadmill Running: What’s grade got to do with it?
I’ve been getting a lot of questions about treadmill running lately. A lot of it has been regarding speed and grade. “If I run at…
Is an online coach for you?
As a coach/owner of an online run coaching company, you might expect my answer to be an automatic enthusiastic, “Yes! Absolutely!” I’ll admit, when I…