V.O2 App & Community Updates
Athlete Spotlight: Gary Roberson
Gary Roberson lives and trains in the Greenville, SC area. He runs for an organization called Stride for Stride; a non-profit running organization that buys race bibs for immigrant, BIPOC, and low-income runners with the [...]
A Different Perspective: Quality Versus Quantity In Your Training Plan
By Dr. Jack Daniels There is often a discussion relative to the benefits of different types of training, and usually the “types of training” compared are slower/longer training sessions (Quantity) versus shorter/faster training sessions (Quality). However, [...]
Athlete Spotlight: Marcus Law
Marcus Law lives and trains in Heywood Greater Manchester England. He chose the Mid-Cheshire 5K as it's known for its very fast times with a stacked field of competitive runners. How was your training leading [...]
New Feature: Sync Workouts To Coros
V.O2 now supports syncing run workouts to Coros watches for real-time guidance. Once you've connected your Coros account to V.O2 (under MORE... > CONNECT APPS on the mobile app or your Preferences online) you must [...]
Avoid Hypertraining
For me, as a coach, the easiest way to detect hypertraining (a setback from overtraining), is by knowing my athletes, each and every one of them. Here's how I look for hypertraining: When a runner [...]
Log The Specifics
Unlike contact sports, in which it's normal to know just how and when an injury occurs, runners are quite often unable to relate an injury to a specific incident. An injury is often the result [...]