If March had a theme in racing, it's that you are stronger than you think. Several of the runners I coach raced in March after months of hard winter training. Others completed hard workouts and long runs with their sights set on spring and early summer races. The most exciting thing about racing is not just the finish times; it's when an athlete has an "I can't believe I just did that" moment. Several of these runners did more than run a distance faster than before: they crossed ...
Athlete Highlight
Athlete Accomplishments: January & February 2019
Typically, January and February are not big months for racing, but several of the runners I coached ran races in the first two months of 2019. From 5Ks to first marathons, 2019 has started off strong! I have to praise all of my athletes for consistency and hard work in January and February. January and February are dark and cold months - not the easiest months to go out and run. Several of my runners have completed long runs on the treadmill or in the snow, balanced training with travel, and ...
How Reframing Training Set Jess Up for Marathon Success
Many of us runners struggle with type-A tendencies and perfectionism. We overanalyze every single split, meticulously count our mileage, and try to extrapolate our race results from every single run. A perfectionistic mindset can be paralyzing and hinder our progress toward reaching our full potential in running. Unfortunately, the running world can reinforce a perfectionist mindset. Running is often portrayed as a simple input-output equation: we input x number of miles per week for an ...
How Periodization Helped Aimee Run PRs in the 10K to Marathon
Most runners know that incorporating workouts such as interval runs will help them get faster. For a runners such as Aimee, they know how to improve and earn PRs in races - but where a coach can help them is introducing periodization in training, making those workouts specific to the race, and pushing them to new levels of racing. I had known Aimee for several months through running before I started coaching her. She approached me in December 2016 with a big goal: to run her first marathon ...
How Polarized Training Helped Laura Set PRs in Multiple Distances
Over the next few months, I plan on making big changes to this website. One of these changes is regular highlights of the accomplishments of the athletes I coach. These women and men put hard work into their training and have achieved some impressive goals and personal bests in their running. Miss the Friday Thrive? It’s now part of my weekly email! Subscribe to this newsletter the pop-up box to receive the Friday Thrive as part of my weekly newsletter straight in your inbox. Sometimes, ...