Posts Tagged ‘training’

Congratulations Baylor University Women: Second Place at Big 12 …

Monday, November 10th, 2008

Along with heart rate monitors for all the runners, Coach Harbour is using TrainingPeaks to help him analyze the data and plan workouts for the women’s cross country and track teams. “I’m able to look at their heart rate monitors,” says …

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What to do?

Sunday, November 9th, 2008

The Medscape piece explains this concept in greater detail by saying, “A major basis for the hypothesis is that improved hygienic conditions in Western or developed countries results in less infection-driven or microbial pressure during …

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Training with Technology: Lady Spartans go to State!

Thursday, November 6th, 2008

After first starting to train with technology during the 2008 track season, Coach Briana Boehmer is now working with the Lady Spartans Cross Country Team and their Head Coach Kim Leupold to continue enhancing the team’s training. …

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rebellion

Tuesday, November 4th, 2008

My cross country coach was the distance coach so I stayed with him alot and figured he’d want me to run the longer events, which I didn’t mind doing at all. The running program we had at my school was new that year and I personally had …

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Peaking (Part I) by Chris Puppione…

Sunday, November 2nd, 2008

I think my friend Dave Smith, head men’s cross country coach at Oklahoma State University (a top-5 NCAA program and new home to German Fernandez) said it best when I asked him about why his team’s always seem to get it done at the end …

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Coach Jay Q&A: Pool Running and Racing In College

Wednesday, October 29th, 2008

So, if you want to run at your Coach ’s alma mater, it might be tough because they’re not only a Division I school, but they have won more men’s cross country titles than any other school. The flip side is that there may be four year …

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Buy Cheap – Freestyle Tracer Pedometer (Transparent Black)

Sunday, October 26th, 2008

About Polar The first EKG accurate wireless heart rate monitor was invented by Polar back in 1977 as a training tool for the Finnish National Cross Country Ski Team. The concept of “intensity training” by heart rate swept the athletic …

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XC Training: Week of October 26

Sunday, October 26th, 2008

Fri(11/7) 7:00 am Leave for Big Rapids, Michigan Sat(11/8) NCAA Midwest Reg. XC Meet @ Ferris State 10:30 am Men’s 10K 11:30 am Women’s 6K Sun(11/9) Off Fri(11/14) 5:30 pm Cross Country Banquet @ St. Michael’s Coach Van Arkel …

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Coach Jay Q&A: A Little Fall Advice

Thursday, October 23rd, 2008

Following a cross country workout my coach , Mark Wetmore, commented on the light and how it was different than just a few days earlier and how it reminded him of Emily Dickinson’s poem, “There’sa certain slant of light. …

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Cross Fit, or Crossed Out??

Tuesday, October 21st, 2008

He is known worldwide for producing faster athletes. When a country wants a Gold medal, they come to Charles. Coach Poliquin has been hailed as the most successful strength coach in the world. He has spent years-researching European …

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