Read the full post on The Science of Running. What’s it mean to improve the lactate threshold? What about lactate buffering capacity? In this episode, John and Steve take you down the…
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VO2max, LT, Critical Velocity- They are much more messy than we think.
Read the full post on The Science of Running. VO2max Lactate Threshold Maximum Lactate Steady State Critical Velocity/Power What’s the point of the above? You may answer that they explain a physiological…
How Perceived Control Impacts the Physiological Limits of Performance
Read the full post on The Science of Running. The Physical and Psychological- Impact on Limits of Performance When I was beginning my college journey in the world of exercise physiology, VO2max…
Episode 118: The Future of College Sports and the NCAA
Read the full post on The Science of Running. The NCAA and college sports are in disarray. Facing a mass pandemic, postponement and cancelation of fall sports, and a growing understanding by…
Episode 117: Development Part 2- Middle Distance Training
Read the full post on The Science of Running. The Middle Distance Events. That combination of speed and endurance makes them one of the most enjoyable but also challenging events to train…
Improving Our Relationship with Failure
Read the full post on The Science of Running. She started in the back, where she expected to be, but something changed halfway through the race. She was moving up, and gradually…
Episode 116: Endurance Development- Part 1
Read the full post on The Science of Running. It’s time for a deep dive into training. This week begins a multi-part series on the development of an athlete. We start with…
Episode 115: Fartleks, Alternations and the Lost Workout Style
Read the full post on The Science of Running. Fartleks, the wonderful invention of Gusta Holmer in the 1930’s, is something we are all familiar with. Run hard for a minute, jog…
The In-Between Zone: Training isn’t just hard-easy.
Read the full post on The Science of Running. Since Bill Bowerman popularized the idea of alternating days in which we do a hard workout and follow it up with a…
Episode 114: Do Fast Times Transfer to Being Competitive
Read the full post on The Science of Running. Do the fastest athletes always win? The ones who come in with the best seed time. The athlete who threw down that fast…
Episode 113: Being Fit Doesn’t Mean Running Fast
Read the full post on The Science of Running. “He’s really fit! They’re going to run really well!” How many times have you heard a coach excitedly proclaim that, only to see…
Don’t let a focus on individual workouts distract you from the big picture
Read the full post on The Science of Running. As a writer, it’s easy to get lost in the details. To zoom in so far that your entire focus centers around finding…
Episode 112: The Myth of Losing Speed
Read the full post on The Science of Running. One of my pet peeves when discussing endurance work is the concept of losing speed. In the middle distance world, this concept of…
Episode 111: Top Mistakes Highly Motivated Athletes Make and Why
Read the full post on The Science of Running. Highly motivated athletes are the best to coach. You don’t have to worry if they got their run or workout in, they are…
Episode 110: Endurance Speed or Speed Endurance? Which approach should we take?
Read the full post on The Science of Running. Should we start with speed first or endurance? Do you start with a large base of easy running before layering on the speed…
How difficult should your hard workouts be?
Read the full post on The Science of Running. When I was competing in high school, my teammates knew the drill; always have a trash can nearby. It didn’t matter whether it…