Read the full post on The Science of Running. There’s a simple message that I learned from a grad school professor, Charlie Casserly, about coaching. Learn a lot but then simplify. People…
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The Pre-Race Moment: Taking Advantage of where Psychology and Biology Intersect
Read the full post on The Science of Running. I first came across Dave Hamilton’s work when presenting at a conference put on by the Seattle Sounders. At the time, he worked…
The Blame Game: How our reaction to failure influences future performance
Read the full post on The Science of Running. Think back to a recent poor performance. What was the cause? Maybe you were sick, had poor sleep leading up to the…
The Simple Principle of Training: Build, Maintain, Connect
Read the full post on The Science of Running. Training is Simple: Are you Building, Maintaining, or Connecting? That car you have sitting in your garage is a complicated piece of machinery….
Episode 81: Embracing Failure with Brian Barraza
Read the full post on The Science of Running. This weeks guest is elite runner Brian Barraza. Brian rose from a solid high school runner to the top of the ranks in…
Episode 80: High School Coaching- How we would do it differently
Read the full post on The Science of Running. In this episode of the On Coaching Podcast we go back in time, to our high school coaching days. Both of us got…
Episode 79: Mastering the Mental Game: An interview with Len Zaichkowsky and Dan Peterson
Read the full post on The Science of Running. The Inner Game: Decision Making, Choking, Focus and Attention, Skill acquisition: All of that and more on this weeks episode of the On…
Episode 78: The Difference Between Good and Great
Read the full post on The Science of Running. What does it take to be great? What about just good? When it comes to performance, we all start near the bottom. Being…
The East African vs. American Mindset to Running: Volume or Quality
Read the full post on The Science of Running. If you are a runner, you know the scene. You and your friends make it back to the parking lot, look down…
Episode 77: You Can’t Force Improvement
Read the full post on The Science of Running. You can’t force Fitness! In this weeks episode we talk about the trap of trying to force our way to racing fast. It’s…
Advice for the Young and Driven: A letter to my 18-year old self
Read the full post on The Science of Running. In my line of work, educating and coaching, I often get asked for advice by 18-25-year-olds on how they should tackle…
The Origins of Stress- Understanding our bodies response
Read the full post on The Science of Running. In 1915, a young Harvard Physiologist named Walter Cannon described “the necessities of fighting or flight” in his now classic book, Bodily Changes…
Episode #76: Transitions, Ego, and Racing with 3:56 miler Daniel Herrera
Read the full post on The Science of Running. We have a special guest for this week’s episode, Daniel Herrera. Dan is a 3:56 miler who trains under Jon Marcus at High…
A Different Way to Look at Fatigue: An Ecological Psychology Framework
Read the full post on The Science of Running. Introduction: Understanding how fatigue impacts performance during middle distance running events has traditionally been seen through a mechanistic lens (Coyle, 1994). Dating back…
Episode #75: The Easy Days: How far, how fast, how much?
Read the full post on The Science of Running. It’s all about recovery! On this episode we take on the topic of easy days. The oft neglected cousing to the more “important”…
Is Coaching a Science or an Art?
Read the full post on The Science of Running. “This workout is going to make a difference. Start with 100 meters, lengthen out the rep distance by 10 meters, increase the speed…