It's no surprise Karen Dunn has set three PRs all within the past few months. The masters runner from Collegeville, PA is "extremely dedicated in her training and always brings it 100% on race day," says her coach Tim Jones. Karen and Tim are actually both VDOT Certified so Tim says "working with her is [...]
John Raneri, athlete and coach for McKirdy Trained, qualified for his second Olympic Trials at the Columbus Half Marathon. The 26-year-old from New Fairfield, CT finished 2nd overall in a new PR of 1:03:49. [Full Results] Afterwards, John reflected on his race and gave thanks to his coach: As James and I discussed, we decided [...]
By Amanda Rego When people hear that I race the 1500m they automatically label me as a "track runner." Little do they know, 90% of my training is done on roads or trails. Yet, ask most marathoners how many track workouts they’ve done and most would answer "zero." Why is it that track athletes can [...]
By Mike Sweeney Seeking a BQ means running faster farther. It means balancing work, family, life and running. It means digging deep on race day and accomplishing something many never dare to dream of. For years, I believed speed came from speedwork. Sure, total volume mattered, but it was the speed that helped you get [...]
By Jordan Colby Jeni Henrie 3:34, Robin St. Clare 2nd in the 65-69 yrs age group, Greer Colby 3:17 (PR at the time) Luck favors the prepared. That could certainly be said regarding the Boston Marathon. At this year’s Boston Marathon, temperatures hovered in the upper 30’s, while a cold rain fell and [...]
We received a great question regarding how to best manage training/racing between cross country and outdoor track season. Coach Clegg: As a high school cross country coach, I would love to get some ideas how how to best bridge the gap between fall XC and spring track. My state (IL) has a number of off season [...]
By Dr. Jack Daniels 180 Steps Per Minute When I am teaching a new group of runners the first thing I have them do is count their stride frequencies while running around the track. I can’t remember ever having one of these beginners who turned over as fast as 180 steps per minute. However, when […]
Today we uploaded two new features to enhance the experience on the app for both athlete and coach users. Workout Commenting The app now supports workout commenting on Android, iOS and the Web. Coaches can still leave workout instructions/notes when planning training but to help make communication on a workouts more seamless we've added in [...]
By Tim Jones If you’ve qualified for Boston, congratulations! As an experienced runner, it’s harder now to get better than it was when you first started running. You need to optimize every element of your training to continue to improve. When planning your Boston 2019 Training Cycle, think of these four critical elements: Training Plan. [...]
Katie Bland got a BQ with her PR performance at the Kansas City Marathon. [Official Result] After the race Katie sent us feedback and gave credit to her VDOT Coach John Carstens. Just wanted to send you a note regarding my success on the VDOT O2 app. I have been working with John Carstens this [...]