After that first night, I began the Experiment of One, applying Noakes’ recommendations to the T:
- Drink to thirst
- No salt
- Steady stream of sugar
Waterlogged Part II: Trials, Questions, and Suggestions Regarding Hydration and Ultramarathons
Tuesday, August 14, 2012
Waterlogged Part II: Trials, Questions, and Suggestions Regarding Hydration and Ultramarathons
After that first night, I began the Experiment of One, applying Noakes’ recommendations to the T:
Waterlogged Part II: Trials, Questions, and Suggestions Regarding Hydration and Ultramarathons
Saturday, August 11, 2012
The Daily News of Open Water Swimming: How Did Marathon Swimming Get Into The Olympics?
How did open water swimming get into the Olympics?
It all started with a simple lunch gazing out over the horizon. In a scene that can be immortalized by a Hollywood movie, three passionate open water swimming officials initially mapped out a plan on a napkin over lunch.
The Daily News of Open Water Swimming: How Did Marathon Swimming Get Into The Olympics?
It all started with a simple lunch gazing out over the horizon. In a scene that can be immortalized by a Hollywood movie, three passionate open water swimming officials initially mapped out a plan on a napkin over lunch.
The Daily News of Open Water Swimming: How Did Marathon Swimming Get Into The Olympics?
Thursday, August 9, 2012
Progression
The intensity level of endurance sports is rising. It’s the natural progression of these sports that allows todays athletes to achieve feats unthought of fifty years ago. In ultramarathons, people are now racing for 100 miles. That’s a big deal. But I think this phenomenon is even more obvious in climbing. The alpinists of today move lightning fast over terrain that once stymied the best climbers in the world. To do so, they give up certain elements of protection in favor of speed, meaning mistakes have more consequences. Among the best, this is a reasonable trade because the athletes are extraordinarily confident and capable. The problem is that the 99% who aren’t the best see these accomplishments and want to achieve similar feats themselves. They forget about the progression.
Progression
Progression
Will Listening to Music Make Me Faster? | Fitness Coach | OutsideOnline.com
A few words of caution: pick your music carefully. Up-tempo is the way to go. You’ll likely work harder and enjoy the music more when it’s played at a faster tempo, and has a good beat.
Will Listening to Music Make Me Faster? | Fitness Coach | OutsideOnline.com
Will Listening to Music Make Me Faster? | Fitness Coach | OutsideOnline.com
Wednesday, August 8, 2012
Build Your Running Body | Running Times Magazine
SLOW-TWITCH FIBER: These fibers derive maximum benefit from low-intensity distance runs. But "distance" refers to duration, not mileage. Slowing down a brisk 60-minute run to a more leisurely 70 minutes increases the training benefit by 10 minutes! Kenyans are famous for running 8:00 mile pace on distance runs. Masters runners are notorious for going much faster.
Build Your Running Body | Running Times Magazine
Build Your Running Body | Running Times Magazine
Tuesday, August 7, 2012
Your Ultra-Training Bag of Tricks: Sprint-Based, Hill, and Predictor Workouts
The fourth and last category of workouts (we’ve already covered endurance-, stamina-, and speed-based workouts in past columns) is sprint-based training. These workouts enhance the body’s ability to run very fast when the muscles are inundated with lactic acid and improve running economy by developing the coordination between the muscles and the nervous system.
Your Ultra-Training Bag of Tricks: Sprint-Based, Hill, and Predictor Workouts
Your Ultra-Training Bag of Tricks: Sprint-Based, Hill, and Predictor Workouts
The Daily News of Open Water Swimming: Everything You Wanted To Know About Olympic Marathon Swimming
Open Water Source will provide real-time insight, analysis and commentary of the athletes during the Olympic 10K here Below is a small sampling of this information for easy reference purposes.
The Daily News of Open Water Swimming: Everything You Wanted To Know About Olympic Marathon Swimming
The Daily News of Open Water Swimming: Everything You Wanted To Know About Olympic Marathon Swimming
Monday, August 6, 2012
The Daily News of Open Water Swimming: Olympic Marathon Swim – A Seminal Moment In Open Water
When 25 women and 25 men dive into the Serpentine during the 2012 London Olympic Games, mankind’s relationship vis-à-vis the open water will undergo its greatest transformation since Captain Matthew Webb first crossed the English Channel in 1875.
It will be a seminal moment in open water swimming history, but more importantly, it will help to profoundly transform mankind’s thoughts regarding swimming in oceans, lakes, bays and rivers.
The Daily News of Open Water Swimming: Olympic Marathon Swim – A Seminal Moment In Open Water
It will be a seminal moment in open water swimming history, but more importantly, it will help to profoundly transform mankind’s thoughts regarding swimming in oceans, lakes, bays and rivers.
The Daily News of Open Water Swimming: Olympic Marathon Swim – A Seminal Moment In Open Water
Sunday, August 5, 2012
Exclusive Kara Goucher Interview
Does your coach act as a check against your temptation to ignore your body’s warning signals?
Absolutely. To reach a certain level it takes a certain amount of hard-headedness. I’ve seen that with my husband as well. Sometimes he will look at me and say, “You should probably take the afternoon off.” And I’ll say, “Are you crazy? I have to get these five miles it!” But at the same time I can look at him and do the same thing. Both of us need that person who can look at us objectively.
Alberto wants me to train as hard as I can possibly train. But he knows there is that threshold [of overtraining]. But I just want to be good so bad, and I don’t ever want to feel that I am slacking, so I will keep hitting my head against the wall. So for me it’s essential that I have these people in Alberto and Adam that I trust to tell me, “No, you’re being crazy. You need to back off today.”
Exclusive Kara Goucher Interview
Absolutely. To reach a certain level it takes a certain amount of hard-headedness. I’ve seen that with my husband as well. Sometimes he will look at me and say, “You should probably take the afternoon off.” And I’ll say, “Are you crazy? I have to get these five miles it!” But at the same time I can look at him and do the same thing. Both of us need that person who can look at us objectively.
Alberto wants me to train as hard as I can possibly train. But he knows there is that threshold [of overtraining]. But I just want to be good so bad, and I don’t ever want to feel that I am slacking, so I will keep hitting my head against the wall. So for me it’s essential that I have these people in Alberto and Adam that I trust to tell me, “No, you’re being crazy. You need to back off today.”
Exclusive Kara Goucher Interview
Friday, August 3, 2012
The Mountain Wilderness Factor
The exciting thing about this phenomenon is that it in no way is specific to top level runners. I have people ask me all the time if I think they can be a strong ultrarunner even though they never ran in the past and have virtually no natural speed. My answer to them is that not only do I think they can be a strong ultrarunner, but if they take the time to become truly comfortable and capable in serious mountain conditions, they can use the confidence they will gain from this to run much closer to the front of the pack than their basic running ability should ever allow them to. The Hardrock Hundred (as well as other serious mountain 100’s) is a perfect example of this. Every year you have runners finishing in the top 10 at Hardrock who would have a hard time finishing in the top 20 or 30 if the same field were to compete in a road marathon.
The Mountain Wilderness Factor
The Mountain Wilderness Factor
Altitude Training | Hypoxico.com - The leaders in Altitude Training Systems
What is Altitude Training?
Altitude Training | Hypoxico.com - The leaders in Altitude Training Systems
Altitude training, also known as hypoxic training, involves exercising in, living in or otherwise breathing oxygen reduced air for the purpose of improved athletic performance, pre-acclimatization to altitude and/or physical wellness.
Traditionally, individuals had to travel to or live at high elevations to obtain the benefits of this phenomenon. Circa 1995, the patented technology of Hypoxico Inc. eliminated this hardship by allowing high altitude training facilities to be set up anywhere. Through the production of normobaric hypoxic (oxygen reduced) air, we can simulate altitudes of up to 21,000ft/6,400m. As a result, athletes, fitness enthusiasts and health conscious individuals worldwide can take advantage of the benefits associated with altitude training while at sea-level.
Wednesday, August 1, 2012
Need Help Determining Daniels Running Formula Training Paces?: Try the Free fit2run App | Runblogger
Anyway, given that technology has advanced a bit since I started using the Daniels spreadsheet, I thought I’d poke around in the Apple App Store and see if anyone had produced an app that would calculate VDOT values and spit out recommend training paces according to the Daniels tables. Turns out there are a few, and one of them is free. fit2run is handy, easy to use little app that allows you to input a recent race time as a basis for determining your VDOT value
Need Help Determining Daniels Running Formula Training Paces?: Try the Free fit2run App | Runblogger
Need Help Determining Daniels Running Formula Training Paces?: Try the Free fit2run App | Runblogger
Monday, July 30, 2012
espnW -- Catra Corbett hopes to smash speed records on long-distance trails - espnW
Ultra-runner Catra Corbett of Fremont, Calif., begins every day with the gratitude of a woman who rewrote her own playbook and found redemption running on trails.
A former addict, the 47-year-old is starting a monthlong, 700-plus-mile journey during which she hopes to smash several trail-speed records. She's using her run as a fundraiser for the Heroes Project, a charity that connects wounded Iraq and Afghanistan war veterans with extreme mountain climbing trips around the world
espnW -- Catra Corbett hopes to smash speed records on long-distance trails - espnW
A former addict, the 47-year-old is starting a monthlong, 700-plus-mile journey during which she hopes to smash several trail-speed records. She's using her run as a fundraiser for the Heroes Project, a charity that connects wounded Iraq and Afghanistan war veterans with extreme mountain climbing trips around the world
espnW -- Catra Corbett hopes to smash speed records on long-distance trails - espnW
90 Percent | Trail And Ultra Running
“Ten Percent of running an Ultramarathon is the actual running, the other 90 Percent is mental.”
Over the last decade, there have been many films produced and released that try and capture the essence of Ultra running. Most, if not all, of these films capture the grueling physical toll on running great distances itself, or put on the display the actual race itself. So few of these films truly capture the essence of the mental aspect of running one-hundred miles. Movies can show the course all they want and show you the beauty that one sees while running these grueling events…. it’s a given. Movies have shown us the physical training and athletisism needed to endure the distance. But so few films have focused on the true 90 Percent running an ultra is… mental.90 Percent | Trail And Ultra Running
Morgan Valley Marathon - Track & Field Meet
Womens Results
| X Marathon - Varsity - Finals | |||||
| Linette Holliday | 5:21:41a | BDP | - | ||
Morgan Valley Marathon - Track & Field Meet
Karl Meltzer Talks About His 2012 Speedgoat 50k Decision
Speedgoat 50k race director Karl Meltzer faced a difficult decision when Kilian Jornet was found to be cutting switchbacks – a nearly universal rule in American trail races that have marked routes – at Karl’s race. Below, Karl tells why, exactly, he had a tough decision to make and why he made the decision he did. Following that interview is video of the award ceremony during which Karl also offered an explanation of his decision beginning at the 2:50 mark.
Karl Meltzer Talks About His 2012 Speedgoat 50k Decision
Karl Meltzer Talks About His 2012 Speedgoat 50k Decision
Sunday, July 29, 2012
San Francisco Marathon - Track & Field Meet
Womens Results
| X Marathon - Varsity - Finals | |||||
| Diana Daves | 5:11:03a | BDP | Yng | ||
San Francisco Marathon - Track & Field Meet
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