Jason Snyder Sets New Marathon PR
Jason Snyder continues to make great progress even during the pandemic. Congratulations on your new PR. Plus, with virtual racing you can finish two marathons at the same time!
Episode 19 With Stephen England
Stephen England is a certified running coach and ambassador for Team Novo Nordisk. Their mission is to inspire, educate and empower people affected by diabetes. At age 14, Stephen suddenly became very ill, losing his appetite, weight and all of his energy. He went to the hospital where he was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes. [...]
Get The New VDOT Calculator
The recent update is now available on iOS and Android and includes: New UI + support for Dark Mode Full translation into Japanese, Portuguese and Thai Ability to calculate distances, not just pace and time Ability to calculate by VDOT New distances on the training paces tabs Ability to adjust for altitude and temperature both […]
A Virtual XC Relay Race
Dr. Daniels used to organize an annual “postal” cross country relay competition for teams in the state of Oklahoma. Here he writes about how it works… I have thought that we might be able to have “postal” or virtual competitions for runners around the country (or world) that would be able to race without being […]
New VDOT Podcast
The team at VDOT O2 launched a running podcast this year called Conversation Pace. You can follow episodes on Apple Podcasts and Spotify. Check out their recent episode with masters runner Dan King. There are some great lessons for all masters runners on diet, recovery and cross training methods. Dan set the WR for the […]
Episode 18 With Olivia Affuso
Olivia Affuso is an exercise scientist, ultrarunner, running coach on VDOT O2 and Chief Wellness Officer of the Black Magic Trail Sisters. She works as a physical activity researcher and Associate Professor in the Department of Epidemiology at the UAB School of Public Health. She received her PhD in nutritional epidemiology from the University of [...]
New Feature: Bulk Edit Your Athlete List
We've added a new bulk edit option to help coaches easily manage their athlete lists: Delete (or remove) athlete(s)Update athlete groupEmail athlete(s) Please watch the video tutorial and feel free to email us or comment if you have any feedback or questions.
Cross Country Relay
By Dr. Jack Daniels When I was in college I used to fire on our ROTC Rifle Team and all of our competitions were “postal," which means we just shot once for score each week on our home range and sent results by mail to all the other university teams that competed. We could practice [...]
Episode 17 With Dan King
Dan King is an entrepreneur, plant-based athlete, CU Buffs alumn and current masters world record-holder in the mile. Dan set the WR for the M60 age group when he ran 4:49.08 at the South Carolina Trackfest this past August. If you take his 5k PR (14:34) at age 20, the VDOT equivalent for the mile [...]
Episode 16 With Mary Johnson
After working in the fashion industry for 6 years (and realizing there was so much more to life than working behind a desk), Mary made a career transition in 2015 and joined the team at Ranfone Training Systems, in Hamden, CT, as a strength coach. She founded Lift | Run | Perform in 2017 and [...]