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Dr. Stan Elite Minds: Excerpt
Excerpt from Elite Minds by Dr. Stan Beecham Dr. Stan is pleased to provide an excerpt from his latest book, Elite Minds – Creating the Competitive Advantage. You can buy the book here. CHAPTER 6: SETTING THE EXPECTATION: I met Barbara Parker and her husband, Sean, in 2007 while working with Pete Rea and the…
A Quick Mental Trick that can Boost Your Performance
While working on my graduate degree in Exercise Physiology, I administered dozens of treadmill tests on runners and soon discovered a simple way to actually boost performance without even trying. In these tests, we had runners complete several progressively faster stages on a treadmill. During each stage, we measured running economy. Better running economy is…
The Marathon Crystal Ball: Predicting a Successful Race Day
“Will I achieve my marathon goal?” If I had a dollar for every time I get asked this question, I’d be retired and living on my own private island! As race day approaches, marathoners get antsy. They wonder/worry if they can hit their goal. After coaching thousands of marathoners, I’ve come up with a few…
Are You a Fast Trainer or Slow Trainer?
Brett and Nick are fast runners. Both can run 5:00 pace for the marathon. Both are National Champions and both were part of an Olympic Development Team I coached a few years ago. When I set up the team, the idea was to get guys training together on a daily basis, not just on workout days…
“Did You Win?” A simple method to stay on track for your goal
I’ve been a runner for over 35 years but to this day, whenever I’m visiting my parents and get back from my run my father asks, “Did you win?” Now, just getting out the door and going for a run is definitely a “win” but I think my dad’s onto something more profound. Each and…
BOSTON MARATHON: 2016 COACH’S REPORT & ANALYSIS
I boarded a plane and headed to Boston. It was my annual pilgrimage to the Boston Marathon. I had 252 McMillan athletes running and was excited to get to town, meet up with them and put the finishing touches on all the prep they’d done for the big day. As always, expectations were high. Everyone…
GREG’S RULES FOR SUBSTITUTING WORKOUTS IN YOUR TRAINING PLAN
There will be times throughout your training year where you may want to substitute a workout for what is planned on your schedule. Let’s say your local running group is doing a set of mile repeats but you have a Tempo Run scheduled. You may wonder if this is okay or not. Here is my…
BOSTON TRAINING SERIES WEEKS 11-12
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