A massive how and what on traveling, including cameo appearances from numerous elite ultra runners.
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I sat down with Spring co-founder Rafal Nazarewicz, PhD to talk about using real foods in ultras.
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Is over-training common among ultra runners? Are you running too much? Can adherence to the mantra of consistency open a gateway to over-training?
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How much do your training runs need to look like the race or event to maximize your performance? That's the basic question behind the term 'specificity'. Our four coaches address these ideas in today's Coaches' Corner.
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What is the 'long run'; can it be too short; can it be too long? Today we simplify and demystify this enigmatic workout.
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How valid is the common belief that a specific workout produces a specific stimulus?
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Technology gives runners the opportunity to run according to readouts and feedback from devices. To what extent should you use them?
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Downhill running is all about skill, not strength. Deliberate practice is essential.
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Is there a general formula you can apply to taper properly for an event? Find out how our coaches approach tapering with their athletes.
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To extend stamina, you may want to run comfortably hard intervals - the topic of today's episode.
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Today’s episode breaks from our traditional format on Coaches’ Corner. Instead of starting with a T/F statement and then discussing the topic, we talk about a specific event today. This episode was recorded on July 2nd, 2019, just a few days after the 2019 WS100 Endurance Run. My guest coaches each had some great insights and experience at the event and we thought this would be a great opportunity to talk about their experiences and about how training may differ among athletes for the same event.
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Today, we take a closer look at focus, which is the first of our core features of a high performance mindset. From focus with mindfulness, you can develop the other features of a high performance mindset: calm, confidence, optimism, and trust.
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If you’re going to do something that’s difficult, like running ultra-marathons, it’s important to have a strategy. Inside of that strategy you have to develop and refine skills through deliberate practice. Train your mind, just like you train your body. In this installment, we create an overview of training the mind.
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The average pace for an ultra-marathon isn't very fast. In races of 100 miles, for example, the average pace can be slower than easy training runs. How do successful ultra-marathon runners pace themselves? How do you pace yourself? Is it true that you should start races, especially longer ones, like a stroll in the park?
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Do older athletes need to train differently compared to their younger selves? Coaches Ian Sharman, David Roche, Krissy Moehl, and Shawn Bearden discuss training as we age in today's Coaches' Corner.
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Running economy is one of the three key features in performance, along with endurance and stamina. You can develop your running economy through heavy resistance training, sprints, and volume. This episode is a crash course in how do it right.
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V̇O2max is the maximum amount of oxygen your body can use per minute. It's a metabolic rate that can be sustained for 6-10 minutes. Why do you hear so much about it in running, when competitions are so much longer. Maybe your V̇O2max isn't something you should ever focus on.
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When we train our body for ultra-marathons, we’re developing endurance and economy so that we can bring those together for stamina.
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Workouts are when you stress your body. The rest of the day is when you improve. That's what we call recovery and that’s the topic of this episode of Coaches’ Corner.
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As we begin to dissect the three domains of training - mind, body, craft - start by answer Why and What. Then we can get to How we train.
Your answers are unique to you. This episode will give you definitions and guidance on answering Why and What for yourself.
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