There is a weightlifting seminar at CF Santa Cruz West this Saturday, Dec. 10. I will be in the east bay for the later part of the day, so I can’t attend. MDSoF will provide a $100 scholarship to one person if they take some videos and make copies of […]
The North Face Endurance Challenge was held under clear sky with temps just right for running. Gotta love Cali weather. I didn’t do that great, my knee froze up at 8 miles. Yar! did great and finished in 6:55, in addition he ran most of the way up Marincello Fire […]
As some of you may know, Chris, Yariv and I are planning to do The NorthFace Endurance Challenge 50KM this Saturday. Well, Streeter and Yar are going to do the whole 50KM, I think I am going to cut it in half due to some back issues. I thought that […]
I have uploaded a pdf of a spreadsheet that shows how we are going to scale King/Queen Kong. I think it is pretty clear, but I have been wrong in the past. 🙂 I think the only issues are how we are going to scale the Muscle-ups and handstand push-ups. […]
As many of you know, every 6 weeks or so we try a new benchmark workout, Last month, we did CrossFit Total which is your total weight for a max effort back squat, shoulder press and deadlift (more on the results from that cycle in a later post). For the […]
We had a great time at the OktobeRun. The run was really well organized; although, Heather, Dustin and Lucas got stopped at a light and gave up several places just for being in the wrong place at the wrong time. Heather missed the podium by seconds. I think we did […]
The Course: If you haven’t driven or run the course, do it now. plan to run a hill just before and after the half way mark. This hill will be a great place to put “the hurt” on those runners who haven’t been squatting and/or lunging. Also the course has […]
Welcome to final installment of Gwyn’s mental preparation tips for the OktobeRun (sign up here). In part one of the series, we talked about general physical preparation and deciding what kind of experience you want to have. In part two, we talked about developing your product and process oriented goals. […]
Welcome to part 2 of Gwyn’s mental preparation tips for the OktobeRun (sign up here). We talked yesterday about the first steps of addressing competitive anxiety. We left off at deciding what type of experience you want to have. Once you have found your general motivation(s), it’s time to set […]
Some of you may know Gwyn, she trains in the morning and has attended some of the Fourth Friday events. I asked her to do a guest post on Performance Psychology as we prepare for the OktobeRun (sign up here). She nailed it, all levels of athletes can learn something […]