V.O2 App & Community Updates
The Value Of Working With A Private Coach
@mckirdytrained has 13 coaches working with over 300 athletes on the VDOT O2 app. Here's the founder, James McKirdy, talking about the value of working with a private coach. A post shared by VDOT O2 [...]
Jack Daniels On Leveraging Heart Rate Training
By Dr. Jack Daniels Every training session should have a purpose that improves one of the following physiological functions: Heart and sport-muscle strengthening Endurance Aerobic fitness Anaerobic fitness Speed Economy of movement Exercise heart rate is associated with each of the above-mentioned functions A faster-than-anticipated heart rate suggests over-training or inadequate recovery from previous exercise […]
“We Won Our First District Championship In 27 Years”
Featured Coach - Gregg Mrkvicka Coaching Bio Head XC Coach at Bishop Leblond High School in St. Joseph, MO Assistant Track & Field Coach High School coach for 8 years and adult runners for 2 years Coaches 15 [...]
Matt Nolan Flexing His Way Towards Sub-3
Congrats to Matt Nolan of Barry's Bootcamp on his first BQ at the Buffalo Marathon. In the past 6-months he's lowered his marathon PR from 3:20:14 down to 3:03:36 on VDOT O2. @buffalomarathon we did [...]
Treadmill Running, Part III – How To Calibrate Your Treadmill
By Dr. Jack Daniels If you are like me you want to be accurate in how fast you are running, especially when doing intervals, threshold runs or other quality workouts. This requires calibrating your treadmill, which is done as follows: In the example above, 268 meters per minute speed (6:00 mile pace) is achieved by […]
Tomica Čudina Sets 8-Minute PR At Frankfurt Mainova Half Marathon
Tomica Čudina set an 8-minute PR at the Frankfurt Mainova Half Marathon. His official time was 1:37:00. [Full Results] Afterwards, he thanked his coach Malindi Elmore: I would like to thank you Malindi for all the support you have given me through out my preparations, with the training program but also with all the advices […]
