My season started out with promise in February. It quickly went awry starting with Snelling, where I DNF’d due to back pain that would always start around mile 30 of a road race. From there, it went downhill pretty rapidly and continued doing so until a thoroughly awful weekend at the Chico Stage race, where my back problems really […]
The article below was written for the Girls on the Run (GOTR) newsletter Training From the Couch to Cruising your First GOTR 5K Entered in to the Girls on the Run, Reno Inaugural 5K and feeling overwhelmed by how to start your preparation? The answer is just start. The key to running your first 5K […]
Last week Dr. Pasternak and I spoke with the Truckee High Cross Country running team and their parents. Over the next couple of months I will have the opportunity to assist Coaches Pat and Diana in providing a scientifically based injury prevention and performance conditioning program, and will be blogging about our weekly workouts. Dr. […]
Heidi Littenberg’s weekend race report I did the 3/4 race at Vacaville yesterday and wanted to say THANKS for all the intervals and advice. That course has a nasty little hill in the middle. During my warm-up lap, I was reminded how difficult the hill actually is. My memories from last year were that it […]
This past Monday, I worked with the Rio Strada Women’s cycling team providing race tactics session for the upcoming Victory Velo circuit race at Sierra de Montserrat. (What an exciting, Euro-style course, lots of opportunities to for tactical racing, not too mention a series of short taxing power climbs for the added-attrition factor.) Tactics make cycling exhilarating. […]
I think the question for me is what has made me a faster, stronger triathlete. I got a coach because I knew I lacked knowledge and experience in certain aspects of training physiology, form and experience. Also, I comnitted myself to becoming better. More succinctly, I wanted to get faster. Some core learnings I have […]
The o2fitness Auburn women’s cycling girl, fondly referred to as the She-Women, escaped the foothill heat and headed to the hills for their workout. We trained on Old Hwy 40 from Cisco to Soda Springs in shade, cool temps and light Sierra air. We warmed up, riding from Soda Springs down to Cisco which included […]
In the second installment on Western States fueling strategies we interview Matt Keyes (MK) and Jamie Frink (JF), two WS veterans and race ringers, to determine if life follows fact. Jamie’s resume includes three sub-24 hour WS finishes – 2009 8th, 2010 16th and 2011 14th. Matt has completed five WS races, with the most […]
Daniela Gauvin – member of the o2fitness Truckee Women’s Cycling Training Group – making it happen. No babysitter, no problem. Pictured here, Baby Romey Gauvin provides extra resistance for single leg pedaling drills and high cadence pedaling intervals, during a recent group workout. Its our version of Rocky-style, back to basic training. Watch out world […]
First installment in a two part series covering Western States Endurance Run fueling strategies. A friend once said that an ultra running aid station under any other circumstance would be a dream buffet – complete with cornucopia of candy, peanut butter and jelly sandwiches made to order, cookies of every make and model, potato chips […]
