Training – RaceCenter

6 min

Getting the Most Out of Your Training: Creativity and Flexibility

“Doing more with less” should be a motto of us hearty Northwest endurance athletes. I asked four of the busiest (and most dedicated) people I know how they balance family (kids), work (full time and then some), and high-level running.

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5 min

Marathon Training: Balancing Trail and Road

In training for a marathon, much of your goal is just to get your mileage up so that the distance isn’t as daunting.

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5 min

Maximize Your Training

Sometimes life gets in the way of training and there are only so many hours in a day. Given all that you have on your plate, how do you maximize your time while training…

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8 min

Overtraining: Prevention and Awareness

In order to improve performance, you have to challenge your body’s ability to tolerate an increase in physical, mental, and emotional stress. This is called overload and is defined as adding stress greater than your body is accustomed to.

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5 min

Efficient Workouts for the Time-Crunched

We’ve all been there, that race on the horizon that we signed up for 9 months ago looms and there’s just not enough time in the day to fit in all the training we want or feel like we need to do in order to be ready for it.

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5 min

How Fast Do I Lose Fitness If I Stop Exercising?

How quickly you lose fitness depends on how fit you are, how long you have been exercising and on how long you stop.

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5 min

Weight Training for Endurance Sports

As an endurance athlete, it is likely strength training (ST) is not a part of your workout routine. Traditionally, ST has been left out of endurance training programs at both the elite and recreational level.

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4 min

Winter Running Tactics for a Successful Upcoming Season

Laying the groundwork for a successful running racing season next year will require strategy and planning this winter. It is important to honestly assess what you have done this past year and identify what your goals are for the upcoming year.

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5 min

A Power Meter for Your Swim Sessions

I’ve become a curmudgeon of a swim coach late in my triathlon career, so bear with me as I air a grievance. For example, I give my swimmers something simple but hard, the classic 20×100 on 1:30, aiming to hold 1:25 per repeat.

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6 min

Training and Gearing Up for Gravel Racing and Gran Fondos

Over the last few years it’s become increasingly obvious that the bikes we ride on the road, the types of road that we ride them on, and the types of events we participate in are changing dramatically.

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