Over the next few weeks, I will be posting entries where I share how coaches and athletes can “unhitch” themselves from mainstream coaching assumptions and paradigms. Breakthrough performances elude many age groupers, in my experience, because athletes and coaches get distracted by too much information from too many places (and…
When it became clear that the pandemic would alter the 2020 racing season, I was motivated to try some new things as an athlete in the hopes that it might inform coaching decisions and how I write training programs in the future. One of the things I had always wondered…
The Basics Viewed by some as a monotonous torture device, the treadmill is actually an invaluable tool that can lead to faster run splits. Treadmill training offers an opportunity for athletes to improve their run mechanics while promoting mental resilience and discipline. Treadmill running should be introduced in a training…