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It’s all about recovery! On this episode we take on the topic of easy days. The oft neglected cousing to the more “important” hard workouts, easy days are essential for improving performance. We have a tendency to “check the box” and the only consideration we take is how much mileage we need. In this podcast…

It’s all about recovery! On this episode we take on the topic of easy days. The oft neglected cousing to the more “important” hard workouts, easy days are essential for improving performance. We have a tendency to “check the box” and the only consideration we take is how much mileage we need. In this podcast we walk you through: * Why we shouldn’t use pace or heart rate zones for easy days with well-trained runners. * The importance of the social side of easy days. * “Are you training to win or training to learn?” * Teaching the skill of running by feel. * How long should recovery runs be? The difference between a shakeout or * Adding “stuff” to your easy runs to get some adaptation. * Introducing the idea of “Running to the Barn.” * The modern nuance of hard/easy and why we need to consider the shades of grey between the two extremes. * “The Space Between”   Keep the Podcast going! Visit our Sponsor for Great Savings! Stop putting off getting life insurance. It’s something we all need, and a company that values RUNNERS has stepped up to the plate: Health IQ– An innovative insurance company that helps health-conscious people like runners get lower rates on their life insurance.  Go to healthiq.com/oncoaching to support the show and learn more! Health IQ is offering special rates for us runners! Just submit your running data (race results, strava links, or similar) and see the special rates. Go to healthiq.com/oncoaching to find out more. The Health IQ advantage is their unique mortality model on the health conscious and they have lower rates for health-conscious people (like a good driver savings on auto insurance).   Resources Mentioned on this weeks episode: Bill Bowerman and the Hard/Easy Approach Avoiding the Hard/Easy Trap. Runner’s World Peak Performance on Stress+Rest= Growth Jan Olbrecht’s graph on recovery from different workouts in his book The Science of Winning. Share your thoughts with us on social media: High-Performance West Steve: Twitter, Instagram, and Youtube Jon: Twitter and Instagram Ways to Listen and Subscribe to the Podcast:  iTunes Stitcher via E-mail Youtube

Special Guest Alex Hutchinson has written the defining book on endurance and fatigue. His latest book Endure is a must read that blends storytelling and science to explain the intricacies of fatigue. In this weeks episode, Alex takes us through not only the surprising insight of his book but to his own athletic career. While…

Special Guest Alex Hutchinson has written the defining book on endurance and fatigue. His latest book Endure is a must read that blends storytelling and science to explain the intricacies of fatigue. In this weeks episode, Alex takes us through not only the surprising insight of his book but to his own athletic career. While known for his writing, Alex was a 3:43 1,500m (and 13:52 5k!) runner back in the day, and more importantly, was coached by some of the big names in the coaching world. During his career, he spent time training with Matt Centrowitz Sr. and Harry Wilson, who famously coached Steve Ovett. With exquisite wisdom, Alex combines his experiences in training along with his work as a scientist and journalist to provide numerous takeaways for the coach or athlete, including: * “Great tacticians feel the punches before they come.” The importance of cultivating tactical awareness in racing. * “Data: Use it to describe, not prescribe.” * Workouts: “The goal isn’t to go faster…the goal is to feel better doing it.” * On How Kiphcoge ran 2hrs for the marathon. It can bsummed up with Kipchoge’s own quote:  “The training will be the same. My mind will be different.” * Why Buy-In matters more than the details of training. How Alex had his big breakthrough once he let his hesitations about his coaches workouts go, and went all out in the first 300-meter rep of the workout to run 38 seconds. * How athletes and coaches should filter information. * The major takeaway for coaches when it comes to his book Endure. * “The epidemic of self-doubt fueled by the internet.” Keep the Podcast going! Visit our Sponsor for Great Savings! Stop putting off getting life insurance. It’s something we all need, and a company that values RUNNERS has stepped up to the plate: Health IQ– An innovative insurance company that helps health-conscious people like runners get lower rates on their life insurance.  Go to healthiq.com/oncoaching to support the show and learn more! Health IQ is offering special rates for us runners! Just submit your running data (race results, strava links, or similar) and see the special rates. Go to healthiq.com/oncoaching to find out more. The Health IQ advantage is their unique mortality model on the health conscious and they have lower rates for health-conscious people (like a good driver savings on auto insurance). Resources Mentioned on this weeks episode: Endure by Alex Hutchinson Which Came First? Cardio or Weights? by Alex Hutchinson Alex’s piece in the NY Times where he talks about the importance of Kipchoge’s mindset. Why it matters how you think about pain. Outside Magazine. Share your thoughts with us on social media: High-Performance West Steve:

In this special episode of the On Coaching Podcast, we dive into the lessons learned from the recent Boston Marathon. First, we take you through the race from a coaches point of view. What does preparation look like, how do you train for Boston versus other marathons. Then, we dive into the lessons that Desi…

In this special episode of the On Coaching Podcast, we dive into the lessons learned from the recent Boston Marathon. First, we take you through the race from a coaches point of view. What does preparation look like, how do you train for Boston versus other marathons. Then, we dive into the lessons that Desi Linden and Yuki Kawauchi displayed. From grit and tenacity to enjoyment to the power of putting others before yourself. We break down why Des and Yuki were the ideal candidates to win in difficult conditions, and the science behind how the weather impacted the athletes physiology and perception of fatigue. This episode is chock full of lessons for any runner or coach, as well as an analysis of the triumph of the “good guys.” Our favorite quote from this weekend was Desi Linden’s: “Honestly at Mile 2, 3, 4, I didn’t feel like I was gonna even make it to the finish line & I told her in the race I said you know if there’s anything I can do to help you out in the race let me know because I might just drop out….. When you work together, you never know what’s going to happen and helping her helped me and I kind of got my legs back from there.”    Keep the Podcast going! Visit our Sponsor for Great Savings!: Health IQ– An innovative insurance company that helps health-conscious people like runners get lower rates on their life insurance.  Go to healthiq.com/oncoaching to support the show and learn more! Health IQ is offering special rates for us runners! Just submit your running data (race results, strava links, or similar) and see the special rates. Go to healthiq.com/oncoaching to find out more. The Health IQ advantage is their unique mortality model on the health conscious and they have lower rates for health conscious people (like a good driver savings on auto insurance). Resources Mentioned on this weeks episode: Antifragile by Nassim Taleb Peak Performance Desi Linden displays incredible sportsmanship Share your thoughts with us on social media: High-Performance West Steve: Twitter, Instagram, and Youtube Jon: Twitter and Instagram Ways to Listen and Subscribe to the Podcast:  iTunes Stitcher via E-mail Youtube

When someone has “it” you know it when you see it. It’s hard to explain, and even more difficult to wrap your head around, but “it” often refers to the intangibles. The unmeasurable quality that we often use to describe individuals who are able to make the difficult seem plausible. In this episode, we delve…

When someone has “it” you know it when you see it. It’s hard to explain, and even more difficult to wrap your head around, but “it” often refers to the intangibles. The unmeasurable quality that we often use to describe individuals who are able to make the difficult seem plausible. In this episode, we delve into the attributes of focus and intention, seeking to explain how certain athletes show up, no matter what. Can we train this quality? Our exploration includes: * It’s about getting yourself in the right place to compete and execute their skill. * How the best are able to “zoom in and zoom out,” shifting their focus and attention. * How behaviors are the key to identifying the intangibles * Can you predict performance simply by looking at an athlete’s pre-meet behaviors? * How the signal you send as a coach influences whether athletes cultivate their ability to risk and show up. * The Intangibles means moving an athlete to their best personal and competitive self. * You can’t manufacture culture, it must be cultivated. * Is motivation coming from a place of fear or a desire to succeed?   Keep the Podcast going! Visit our Sponsor for Great Savings!: Health IQ– An innovative insurance company that helps health-conscious people like runners get lower rates on their life insurance.  Go to healthiq.com/oncoaching to support the show and learn more! Health IQ is offering special rates for us runners! Just submit your running data (race results, strava links, or similar) and see the special rates. Go to healthiq.com/oncoaching to find out more. The Health IQ advantage is their unique mortality model on the health conscious and they have lower rates for health conscious people (like a good driver savings on auto insurance). Resources Mentioned on this weeks episode: Why Every Person Matters– Motivation Contagion Study on Athletes Slapping Hands Improving Wins Podcast with Danny Mackey on how you need to anticipate, not react when racing. Skin in the Game by Nassim Taleb Share your thoughts with us on social media: High-Performance West Steve: Twitter, Instagram, and Youtube Jon: Twitter and Instagram Ways to Listen and Subscribe to the Podcast:  iTunes Stitcher via E-mail Youtube

In this weeks episode, Jon and Steve go on a rant. How do we utilize science in coaching? Inspired by a twitter rant, we start off taking on the bioenergetic or metabolic view of coaching. As endurance coaches, we almost always start with “How aerobic or anaerobic is your event?” Go to any conference or…

In this weeks episode, Jon and Steve go on a rant. How do we utilize science in coaching? Inspired by a twitter rant, we start off taking on the bioenergetic or metabolic view of coaching. As endurance coaches, we almost always start with “How aerobic or anaerobic is your event?” Go to any conference or read any book and one of the first slides that comes up is the one that tells you how aerobic or anaerobic your event is. In this episode, we question whether this is the right approach? Are we relying on seeing the world through one lens? Are we reducing the complexity of the human being to energy systems instead of seeing the hormonal, biomechanical, and neuromuscular needs as well? In this weeks podcast, we attempt to get you to question the lens you are seeing coaching through. Keep the Podcast going! Visit our Sponsor for Great Savings!: Health IQ– An innovative insurance company that helps health-conscious people like runners get lower rates on their life insurance.  Go to healthiq.com/oncoaching to support the show and learn more! Health IQ is offering special rates for us runners! Just submit your running data (race results, strava links, or similar) and see the special rates. Go to healthiq.com/oncoaching to find out more. The Health IQ advantage is their unique mortality model on the health conscious and they have lower rates for health conscious people (like a good driver savings on auto insurance). Resources Mentioned on This Episode: What Riding a Backwards Bike Can Teach Us The Demon-Haunted World by Carl Sagan Skin in the Game by Nassim Taleb   Share your thoughts with us on social media: High-Performance West Steve: Twitter, Instagram, and Youtube Jon: Twitter and Instagram Ways to Listen and Subscribe to the Podcast:  iTunes Stitcher via E-mail Youtube

A silver medal at the world championships and a 30-year old athlete who makes theirfirst world team and then places in the top 8. In this episode of On Coaching we bring in friend and coach Danny Mackey. Danny is the coach for the Brooks Beasts and guided Drew Windle to a medal and Katie Mackey…

A silver medal at the world championships and a 30-year old athlete who makes theirfirst world team and then places in the top 8. In this episode of On Coaching we bring in friend and coach Danny Mackey. Danny is the coach for the Brooks Beasts and guided Drew Windle to a medal and Katie Mackey to a top finish. Danny gives us the inside information on Drew’s progression and what the difference was in taking Katie from just missing teams to racing at the world level. There are a lot of gems in this podcast, including: * “There were no breakthroughs. We got better at getting better.” * “They trust me more than I trust myself…Drew told me ‘I came here to run for you.” * On tactics: “Experts anticipate instead of react to it.” * The key to tactics is being patient and not getting emotional. * On Danny’s job for Drew pre-race. “I wanted to make his world small…breathing in and out, the right mix of impulse control and aggression.”   Keep the Podcast going! Visit our Sponsor: Health IQ– An innovative insurance company that helps health-conscious people like runners get lower rates on their life insurance.  Go to healthiq.com/oncoaching to support the show and learn more! Health IQ is offering special rates for us runners! Just submit your running data (race results, strava links, or similar) and see the special rates. Go to healthiq.com/oncoaching to find out more. The Health IQ advantage is their unique mortality model on the health conscious and they have lower rates for health conscious people (like a good driver savings on auto insurance). Share your thoughts with us on social media: High-Performance West Steve: Twitter, Instagram, and Youtube Jon: Twitter and Instagram Ways to Listen and Subscribe to the Podcast:  iTunes Stitcher via E-mail Youtube

This weeks episode is all about the long run! How far should it be for each event? Should it be slow or fast? Should you include pickups, surges, intervals, or other ‘stuff’ in it or not? We break down the details of what is often called “the church of the Sunday long run.” In the…

This weeks episode is all about the long run! How far should it be for each event? Should it be slow or fast? Should you include pickups, surges, intervals, or other ‘stuff’ in it or not? We break down the details of what is often called “the church of the Sunday long run.” In the episode, we take you through the historical use of the long run, tracing it from the early 1900’s to Lydiard’s popularization of it. Learn why Lydiard included a weekly hilly long run and why that may not apply in your training. Understand when to add “stuff” to enhance the quality of the run, and when to keep it nice and easy. This week, we have a new sponsor, Health IQ! Please check them out. Support the Podcast. Visit our Sponsor: Health IQ– An innovative insurance company that helps health-conscious people like runners get lower rates on their life insurance.  Go to healthiq.com/oncoaching to support the show and learn more! The Health IQ advantage is their unique mortality model on the health conscious and they have lower rates for health conscious people (like a good driver savings on auto insurance). Resources mentioned during this episode: Arthur Lydiard Bill Bowerman High-Performance West- Scholar Program Share your thoughts with us on social media: High-Performance West Steve: Twitter, Instagram, and Youtube Jon: Twitter and Instagram Ways to Listen and Subscribe to the Podcast:  iTunes Stitcher via E-mail Youtube

Lactate, Anaerobic, Aerobic Threshold? What do any of them mean and are they useful training zones? In this episode Jon and Steve break down what in the world threshold actually means for coaches. In addition, we debate whether or not we should sped much time training at marathon pace or if it is a “grey”…