#87 Last long run, Hell Week and some Train-cation

This week was slated to be the biggest, baddest, and most difficult week of the training season; the first of two weeks of “over training” – the kind name endurance athletes use for the blaring wake up call to those final few fibers of muscle and connective tissue that aren’t currently being used to get to attention and fall in line. Hell week for tired muscles.My goal going in was to have high volume AND high intensity, but unfortunately, that […]

#55 There’s no time to slow down, it’s Peak Phase

You gotta know when to hold ’em…..To me, knowing the time to be patient and the time to push (and having the discipline to follow-through) are some of the key elements required for top-notch endurance racing. It’s so difficult to predict how much you’ll have left “in the tank” and therefore how best to position yourself to peak at the right moment……The bad news is, this is an antsy time for me……one which allows my relative inexperience as a racer […]