Read the full post on The Science of Running. Often, in racing we play it safe. We don’t take the risk. We focus on times instead of competing. In this episode, we…
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Episode 166: Everything we got wrong coaching Women. And a few things we got right.
Read the full post on The Science of Running. In this episode, we take on an important but difficult topic: the differences between coaching men and women. In this episode, we cover…
Episode 165: The Rocky Road to the Top: Embrace the Mess of Training.
Read the full post on The Science of Running. Training is messy. Progress is not linear. In this episode, we get real. We talk about the messiness of training. How do we…
Episode 164: How much of your training should not be running?
Read the full post on The Science of Running. In the 1960’s Percy Cerutty made the claim that 1/3 of your training should be non-running. Does this hold up or not as…
Episode 163: Biggest Bang for Your Buck: Training and Workouts that Build You Up Without Breaking You Down
Read the full post on The Science of Running. What workouts give you the biggest bang for your buck? In this episode, we go through the best workouts for the mid-distance, track…
Episode 162: Dumbification Immunization — How to not be a dumb coach & why it’s important
Read the full post on The Science of Running. How do you know what’s right? Do you buy into a particular program or coaching style, neglecting anything that runs counter? Or do…
Episode 161: How to become a Nuanced Thinker and level up your coaching
Read the full post on The Science of Running. Too often in coaching, we get stuck. We tie ourselves to one training method, one training system. We approach things from an energy…
Episode 160: The Down: The missing ingredient to your training
Read the full post on The Science of Running. What do you do when an athlete is headed in the wrong direction, when their performance doesn’t match up with their training? You…
Episode 159: The Art and Science of Workout Design
Read the full post on The Science of Running. How do we desing workouts? Designing workouts is something we all have to do, but there’s a science to it. In this episode,…
Episode 158: Positive Illusions- How they can hurt or help performance
Read the full post on The Science of Running. In this episode, we look at some of our cognitive biases that can help or hurt our performance. From optimism bias to our…
Episode 157: The Floundering Athlete: Ways to Reengage them and Reinvigorate their Performance
Read the full post on The Science of Running. What do you do when it all goes wrong? When an athlete is struggling, overtrained, or just not feeling good anymore? In this…
Episode 156: Does what you’re measuring actually matter?
Read the full post on The Science of Running. In this episode, we take on the importance and value of measurement. Should you wear a GPS watch, measure HRV, heart rate, power,…
Episode 155: Getting the Most Out of People: How to inspire, encourage, and sustain excellence
Read the full post on The Science of Running. How do we get the most out of our athletes? How do we help them get as close to their potential as possible?…
Episode 154: The Ultimate Coach: A little bit rebel, a little bit scientist.
Read the full post on The Science of Running. Coaching is about balancing contrasting forces, the coach who relies on intuition and feel with the part of you who relies on objective…
Episode 153: Athlete Profiling: Accelerant to Performance development
Read the full post on The Science of Running. Athlete + Event = Training Model. We don’t train for events, we coach athletes, with their unique abilities, to be able to take…
Episode 152: The Science of Training Loads- Developmental, Retentive, Restorative
Read the full post on The Science of Running. We tend to simplify training into either hard workouts or easy days. In this episode, we bring you the nuance of training. Instead…