We asked Jack why he doesn’t include half marathon pace in his training pace options. Dr. Daniels: I added training at Marathon Pace as an option because M-pace is slower than any of the training paces used for improving a physiological function, except Long Easy runs, which produces the same physiological benefits as M-pace. Also, [...]
We recently hired two summer interns from the NYU Cross Country and Track program. Last week we introduced Julian Marrufo. Today, we’d like to introduce Ben Heintz. Ben is a Film and Television major in the Tisch School of the Arts. He just completed his Sophomore year and is training towards some big goals as [...]
Our app is growing and so is our team. We're super excited to have two interns from the NYU Cross Country and Track program joining our team this summer. Today, we'd like to introduce Julian Marrufo. Julian is a Sports Management major at NYU's School of Professional Studies. While putting in some serious miles on [...]
Steady Progress We caught up with Stephen Scullion fresh off his PB at the London Marathon. Stephen finished 12th overall in 2:15:55 (74.4 VDOT) under challenging conditions [Full Results]. In fact, to show you what a huge effort it was we did a temp adjustment (72 degrees) on the VDOT Calculator and it converts to [...]
We’d like to thank all of our followers on social media for submitting these great questions. We hope Jack’s tips are helpful when considering your future training/racing. Ken G: In the weeks leading up to the start of a marathon training program what are some things an athlete can do to help prepare? JD: Try […]
When discussing the importance of a coach we tend to focus on training at the right paces to achieve the max benefit of a workout and avoid overtraining. But finding the right running coach is more than finding someone who can apply the right training paces, volume or workouts. The VDOT Marketplace was designed to help [...]
We're excited to have Coach Jake Hurysz join the VDOT Marketplace. Jake is currently a volunteer assistant at the University of Mississippi. He still holds the school record in the mile (3:58) at the University of Colorado where he was a multi-time All American in XC and Track. Because of his athletic talents Jake was [...]
Featured Coach - Jack Coleman Marietta High School, 18 years as Head Cross Country and Distance Coach for Track & Field Won the Boys State Championships in 2014 & 2015 and the Girls in 2017 Finished 1st @ Nike Southeast and 15th at NXN (top Georgia finish ever) Earned the 2014 & 2015 Georgia Coach [...]
VDOT Coach Stephen Scullion used back-to-back races to tune up for his London Marathon debut next week. First, he won the Omagh Half Marathon in Northern Ireland while cruising at goal marathon pace. His official time was 1:07:01 (71.6 VDOT). [Full Results] He came back a day later in the TQ10k and won again finishing [...]
"On a roll with #danielsrunningformula," said Danny Monistere, a media research professional from Dallas, TX. This past weekend at the Texas Senior Games Danny reversed the clocks taking second place in both the 800m and 1500m (M50). His 2:28 in the 800M and 5:15 in the 1500m at the age of 53 were both over-40 [...]