Category Archives: Training

Have you stopped making progress toward your goals? Does it feel like you’re training without any improvement? You may be in a fitness plateau. This happens when your body adapts to the stress you’ve applied, and stagnates in a training equilibrium. In the training world, we call this being “stale” or hitting a plateau. InContinueContinue reading “Avoiding a Fitness Plateau”

As new athletes begin training, or experienced athletes tackle the next big challenge, it is important to understand how to build volume safely. The worst thing any athlete can do is over train to the point of injury. While motivation may be sky-high upon signing up for an event, be sure to properly build yourContinueContinue reading “A Guide for Building Your Training Volume”

Specificity is king, and it should be at the front and center of any legitimate training discussion. When it comes to training, we all want to be efficient in order to maximize our time. The most important concept in training is specificity. While it can be a tongue twister of a word, it will helpContinueContinue reading “Specificity: Your Guide to Peak Performance”

The largest component to any training plan is understanding how to structure your season. Throughout the year, you should have a different training focus which consist of macrocycles and microcycles. The macrocycles are preparation, base, build, peak, and transition. The microcycles are going to revolve around intensity or recovery periods. In order to maximize yourContinueContinue reading “How to Periodize Your Training”

As growth in trail running and ultrarunning explodes, more and more athletes are turning to coaches and exercise physiology principles to guide their training. And not just elites! Middle-of-the-pack and back-of-the-pack athletes are also using these tools and resources to optimize their performances. As both a coach and an athlete, I love good data thatContinueContinue reading “Training with EvoLab for Trail Running”

As one of the very few to have won a Barkley Marathons race, US ultra long-distance runner John Kelly has completed two unbelievable achievements just one month apart… The first, a gruelling 431km traversing of The Pennine Way in the truly astonishing time of two days, 16 hours and 46 minutes, shaving an incredible 34ContinueContinue reading “John Kelly Completes Pennine Way and The Grand Round with the COROS VERTIX”

Founded in 1989, the 24-hour long race which is held in Gloucester, England, is a gruelling invitation-only Track Race held once a year. The aim of the race is to run as many miles within the allotted time frame as possible, and the current record for this currently stands at 170 miles (274.480 km) whichContinueContinue reading “COROS Ambassador Damian Carr Competes in Gloucester Invitational 24-hour Track Race”

Treadmills. From smoke, smog, and bustling metropolitan concrete jungles, to subzero temperatures, blizzards, and precariously dodging snowplows and skidding cars, I have dangerously avoided that piece of equipment for years. Running outside at ‘all costs’ almost became this foolish badge of honor I would pin to my chest after each run, despite the effort typicallyContinueContinue reading “Training When Treadmills Are the Only Option”

In a time where races seem sparse or non-existent, athletes are finding it more difficult to continue training in the same way they do when focusing on a race. Understandable, but it’s important to not lose sight of your training as a whole because there is always something to improve. Instead of focusing on aContinueContinue reading “Focus on Strength”