Kevin's Blog

kevin_masters Every now and then, when I'm not busy working with athletes or taking care of business, I find time to write an article or two about things that are motivating, inspiring, and educating.

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Painful Reminders

Written by Kevin Masters Monday, June 21, 2010 04:23 PM

It seems like athletes like to hear about their coach in tough times as well from time to time. I had a painful reminder on Saturday at the 5 Peaks Trail Race. Currently now one of the most difficult/painful races i have done in recent memory. Kamren of 5 Peaks certainly out did himeself this time. Anyway, race was fun competitive and in the end very satisfying. Post race i got focused on the eating and for some reason did not hit the water station. We spent the next 2 hours post, a hard 1 hour race sitting out in the sun. To shortern the story, finally got home, from there, the kids bike riding and soccer etc quickly takes the mind of post recovery or next days pre worokout prep. Sunday morning came and outside of cute smiles and special gifts it was a very long miserable Fathers Day, not needing to go to the bathroom while drinking water over the day and being cooled off from the heat with cold chills made the problem very obvious, as pointed out numerous times by my lovely wife. Major dehydration, maybe a touch of heat stroke, eliminated any big plans for sunday. So take care of yourself pre and post races. Whether its to have a play day at home or harder yet, get prepared for another IM workout, carelessness can quickly take its toll on the body.

Still Learning.......

Written by Kevin Masters Thursday, June 03, 2010 01:08 PM

I had such great intentions to be writing every night from Phoenix where I was attending a Mentorship Program through the Athlete’s Performance Center, one of the most famous and highly regarded training facilities and programs in North America and Europe. It was their Rehabilittion Program not their Performance Program so I was at times out of my comfort zone during our clinic sessions sitting in the middle of many athletic therapists, and physiotherapists. I ventured out into unknown territory again continuing my self development in the technical and injury preventative area for endurance sports. As part of the rehab program though we also took in some performance sessions, run development, plyometrics, strength training and active isolated stretching to name a few. This was fun and content I have already stated to incorporate with the Aerobic Power athletes.

The Sum is Only as Great as it's Contributing Parts

Written by Kevin Masters Sunday, May 16, 2010 06:47 PM

Unfortunately in endurance sport the little things take time to add up making the completion of goals, at times feel like a lengthy process, for some less successful, to long a process. Those that see it through however are greatly rewarded.

Amazing........

Written by Kevin Sunday, April 25, 2010 06:07 AM

It's Sunday now and we sadly put the last of our warm weather cycling gear in our suit cases in preparation for our long trip home. The worst part is the news of more snow and indoor riding back home. We came off of two great final days with huge personal accomplishments and a great wrap party in beautiful Cala Figuera that always includes some cliff jumping to kick off the evening.

Looking for Adventure

Written by Kevin Thursday, April 22, 2010 01:14 PM

How fast your time in Spain flies by. We are just finishing our week 2 day off, here now on Thursday. This one was much more needed by all after some fabuously challenging rides over the last 3 days. We are also looking pretty genious with the schedule to for after an amazing hot and sunny day yesterday for the epic ride, today we woke up to drizzle which slowly increased to a down pour as the day went on. What to do? Well after a conversation about moountain biking with one of the guides here, Dieter, that was quickly turned into a trail running idea. I decided to find company and go run a trail to a monestary.

Tough Days Bring Everything Campers Expected and More.

Written by Kevin Wednesday, April 21, 2010 02:51 PM

Following our day off last Thursday we eased back into things with our Petra Cake ride. Now although we seem to stop for cake on every ride, Petra has become famous in our minds over the last 4 years for the best cake within our riding routes. Petra also provides one of the nicest sitting areas for upwards of 100 plus cyclists at any given time through the day. A very cool spectacle. Saturdays ride was delivering us among other things, a 7km climb at 6-8% and an 11 km climb at about the same percentages.