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Common Training Mistakes and How to Avoid Them

 By Coach Maria Simone Training mistakes: we’ve all made them. Sometimes we re-make them. Other times, we may not know we are making them.  In all cases, minding what I like to call the “1% details” ensures we make the most out of our hard work. After all, all of these 1% details will add[…]

Meal Prepping Basics & Recipes

By Coach Alexa Boyce Eating a good diet won’t make you a great athlete but eating a poor diet can prevent you from becoming one. Each of us has BIG goals. Maybe it is to run your first marathon, train for a triathlon, run ultra-distances, or compete in obstacle course races. Or, maybe you want[…]

Finding Free Speed with Video Analysis

By Coach Maria Simone When I train, I often visualize different race-specific scenarios, and I especially love to pretend that someone (with an amazing accent – think Phil Liggett style) is narrating my workout. For example, one of my favorite sequences is to imagine myself in the final miles of a run. I see myself[…]

Post-season and Pre-season Nutrition

By Coach Lindsay Zemba Leigh  You may wonder if your nutritional needs change through the year depending if you are in your post-season, pre-season, general preparation phase, or specific preparation phase. The answer, like most things, is that it will depend on your specific situation. However, for most of us, we do experience fluctuating nutritional[…]

Your GPS Watch and You

Subtitle: What the f*ck is wrong with this thing? By Coach Maria Simone I’ve been a part of many discussions on the accuracy and reliability of our GPS-enabled watches. Some of the individual conversations I’ve had with athletes about their watches have went something like this:  These discussions have been revived, given how many of[…]

HIIT Training: What, When, and How

By Coach Maria Simone High Intensity Interval Training, a.k.a. HIIT, makes your muscles AND lungs burn and scream. These are the sessions where you beg for mercy – only to realize the endurance sport gods don’t care.  More scientifically, HIIT works your anaerobic energy system, with intervals that are approximately 30 seconds to 3 minutes in length. Depending[…]

An Introduction to Gravel Bike Riding and Gravel Triathlon

  Do you love trying new adventures, such as cycling off-road, and running trails? If you do, then a gravel triathlon offers this and so much more. Instead of riding & running on the road, you’ll get the opportunity to experience the challenge of racing on a variety of terrain and surfaces. This article will[…]

Performance Tips for the Masters Athlete

By Coach Maria Simone I often joke that a “masters athlete” is a nice way of saying an old athlete. It’s so much nicer to be a master than an old geezer.  More precisely, a masters athlete is typically considered to be a 40+ year old athlete (age depends on the governing body for the[…]

Seven Weight Loss Mistakes to Avoid

By Coach Lindsay Zemba Leigh As endurance athletes, we work too hard in training to hinder our training and race performances with nutritional mistakes. As a nutrition coach, here are some of the top mistakes I see athletes making with fueling and weight loss efforts. Let’s recount them here as important reminders to use our fueling and nutrition[…]

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