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Written by Kevin Masters Saturday, April 10, 2010 01:35 PM
Well after a little bit of a Trains, Plans and Automobiles experience we made it to Spain. The main voyage was actually pretty darn good, it was getting back form Calgary, or not getting back, with closed Hwys Thursday night after dropping the boys off.
It seems greener here this year, and it s a beautiful ~ 20 degree day. You spend the first 1/2 day in Spain kind of dazed after being uo for 24 hours, the biggest goal today is always just to get unpacked, pick up your bike rental and get groceries. Dinners fun as it a great opprotunity to get caught up with all yuor old "new" friends from years past. We have the same great guides as last year and they are excited to work with our group again. It's shaping up to be a fabulous camp.
Written by Kevin Masters Wednesday, March 17, 2010 05:56 PM
With our Annual Indoor Aerobic Power 3km coming up this week, the talk between athletes and coaches and athletes themselves is," so what are you shooting for?" Safe to say those that say, "I don't know... see how it goes", will not hit or miss their target, and for some that's a safe way out.
Written by Kevin Masters Tuesday, March 02, 2010 11:00 AM
My running has had a tough go this winter. December I was not interested enough to brave the frigid temperatures. January I started to play a little hockey again in preperation for my Moose Jaw Warrior Alumni game at the end of January. Unfortunately, in the home stretch I damaged my meniscus which then killed my February running, YIKES!! I am back at it now but needless to say things feel a little rough.
Written by Kevin Masters Thursday, January 28, 2010 01:40 PM
I have always been a student of Jack Daniels and Greg McMillan, two highly respected run coaches. In particular their high emphasis on tempo run training or threshold training, for intervals upwards of 15, maybe 20 minutes long. I loved it, and when looking at a triathletes schedule and limited to possibly 2 to 3 runs a week you got lots of bang for your buck. They were the toughest workouts I could do because of the duration of the interval and the pace, essentially one's 1 hour race pace. But while I was finding it tough to be mentally and physically ready for this level of workout on a regular basis i was also finding that everything i read in terms of training for runners, would always refer to tempo runs up to 60 minutes long. I would stress over this wondering how whimpy I was because there's no way I could do this 1 hour race pace for an hour on a weekly or bi weekly schedule. The other problem was, what do you do when you have built up to your broken interval hour at tempo pace but race season still wasn't here yet.
Written by Kevin Masters Saturday, January 09, 2010 05:33 PM
Written by Kevin Masters Saturday, December 26, 2009 06:16 PM
Before you know it, you have eaten enough for 3 and drank enough for more then that and its going on day 5 or 6 or even 7. I think its tougher mentally then it really is physically.
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"I have trained with the APTS team for three years. Their core philosophy based on Vo2max training is founded on the latest thinking in sport physiology. Their focus on intensity over volume in my training has allowed me to achieve significant speed improvements in my running at all distances. The coaching team's introduction of new technology such as the Computrainer for cycling has allowed them to more precisely customize my program to meet my needs and allow me to achieve my objectives. I believe this customization, and the analysis they invest in each athlete is a key reason why they and I have been successful". |
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.
