Archive for January 2013
My interactions with Lance Armstrong
With Lance Armstrong’s confession being the major news item of the moment, I figured I’d throw my two cents in and give my perspective. I had a short interaction with Lance when I worked with Nike. Essentially we had to help Lance with his running form and training a little as he transitioned into triathlons.…
Read MoreLong term development: Coaching HS, college, and professional runners
I was fortunate enough to give a presentation for the Gulf Coast Scholastic Track Coaches Association Clinic this weekend. In the talk, I focused on the keys to long term development. I don’t like giving generic talks on training, so my hope was to explore some of the differences between coaching at different developmental ages.…
Read MoreWhat do Orthotics and shoes actually do? Looking at data from a professional runner
Often times in research we focus on norms. We look at the average effect of different interventions and then apply them to everybody. In this way, as a whole we get what the effects are for most people. By doing this, sometimes we miss the individual effects. So in today’s first blog of 2013, I…
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