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Can an “old” injury literally haunt you for years?

Let’s say you’re walking down the sidewalk one day and you get a tiny little pebble inside of your shoe. You feel it instantly, and it hurts for a moment. You might even yell, “ouch!” So you stop. Take off your shoe and turn it upside down and shake. The pebble falls out. No big […]
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Is Fasting a “Fountain of Youth?”

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Are you helping or hurting your chance for a great race with your pre-race meal?

I’ve seen it happen so often over the years – you’ve trained hard for weeks and months, doing everything you can to be ready to have a great race. And then your stomach goes south – at the worst possible time during the race.  It sucks when that happens. There’s nothing more frustrating. Gastrointestinal intestinal […]
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Would You Like To Improve Your Running Technique?

“You ain’t gonna learn what you don’t wanna know.” – Jerry Garcia “Should I ‘sta’ or should I ‘mo’? – The Clash Effective training is usually about hammering away at the basics. And that usually isn’t sexy. – Moses Bernard In this age of social media, it’s not uncommon to see a post on twitter […]
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Rock Your Wall!

    I love the analogy of building a wall when it comes to how we should build our fitness, don’t you? In some important ways, our body is a lot like a house… If you’re going to age gracefully and remain durable as you prepare for your races this coming season, you’d be smart […]
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The Coaching Advice I Give Most Often

  Endurance athletes pride themselves on pushing through the most challenging, gut-busting workouts. Anyone who is on Facebook sees those “inspirational” memes where the message is always to push-push-push! We like to think of ourselves as tough and willing to push hard and do that little bit extra, even if that “extra” results in some […]
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Stuck In Injury? Now Is The Time To Do Something About It!

Believe it or not, we’re approaching mid-January. The sub-freezing temperatures have settled on the northeast and Midwest, and the snow is piling up. Whether or not it feels like it (can you say 15+ inches of snow and counting yesterday, if you live in the northeast!), spring is right around the corner, and with it, […]
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Motivation and Stress: An Inverse Relationship?

So often we go through periods in our lives, where for one reason or another, stress and anxiety levels are higher than we want them to be. Seek balance as a path toward optimal training.
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049: Coach Al visits with Triathlete Rachel Beckmann, Ironman Coeur d’Alene 30-34 Age Group Winner [Podcast]

[powerpress]   Today I’m really pleased to welcome on to our podcast the winner of the women’s 30-34 Age-Group at Ironman Coeur d’Alene, Rachel Beckmann. Rachel is an active duty commisioned officer in the U.S. Coast Guard presently stationed in Alexandria Virginia. Amazingly, I managed to catch her not moving for a few minutes while […]

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048: Listener Questions: Becoming a Better Runner, Swim Training and More! [Podcast]

[powerpress]   Today we dig into some great questions sent in to us from listeners. The first has to do with becoming a BETTER runner, something nearly every triathlete and pure runner has thought about at one time or another (or a few thousand times!) 🙂 Whether it’s right here in our Pursuit Athletic Performance […]

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047: An Interview With Dr. Kevin Kirby, DPM [Podcast]

[powerpress]   Today we’re pleased to have Dr. Kevin Kirby, DPM as a guest on our podcast. Dr. Kirby has been a practicing podiatrist since graduating from the California College of Podiatric Medicine in 1983. Dr. Kirby has authored or co-authored 26 articles in peer-reviewed journals, has authored or co-authored five book chapters, and has […]

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