ASK THE COACH – ANSWERS! What are your thoughts on carb-loading (or depleting and then loading?)? Short answer: I am a huge proponent of the 3-3 depletion/load method for my competitive marathoners! Exceptions: athletes that already have a very “hot” metabolism. First, background: For the marathon, stored glycogen is key. The more you can have available to you…
Week 18: Starting to show, paces are becoming slower, another solid week of training, and the TNC Training Camp Training: Another 45-50 mile week! Mon: 10 miles moderate (supposed to be 9, but went long). I forgot my HR monitor, so was running more blind than usual. As is typical, I gave myself the option…
The 1st annual TNC training camp was held this weekend at my in-laws’ cabin this weekend. This was such a memorable weekend. I can’t even begin to recap it 🙂 We had individuals from age 19-49 at the camp, at varying speeds and goals. Some are hoping for a 2:40 full marathon, some hoping for…
Thought it would be fun to open this up to questions about running, racing, training, nutrition, or any other topics people might be interested. Comment here & I’ll pick up to 10 to answer in a blog post next week! Fire away 🙂
How amazing does this look?!? Thank you, The Planted Plate! Time for me to run to the grocery store and start prepping things for this weekend! We will have room for one more athlete in case you’ve been on the fence! 🙂
Weeks 16-17 marked a lot of physical and mental ups and downs. Training: Mon: Off. I’d been feeling sick the night before (bad enough heartburn that Nate ran to Walgreen’s for me) so decided to take and unscheduled rest day. Really, I think I was just unmotivated. Tue: Very unmotivated today. I contemplated becoming a…