HOW TO SCREW UP A MARATHON “My Story” By: Paul Baumhoefner, (Former) SDTC Equipment Guy Originally Published: San Diego Running, Spring 2000 First of all, over train, make this decision early, like in January so your legs are really tired when you get to the long runs in April. Oh, and don’t take that...
Tina Breen Win’s USATF San Diego’s Volunteer of the Year I’ve been training with the SDTC Rockin’ ‘n’ Runnin’program this year. Upon joining I was asked by Coach Paul to be the Safety Pacers aka “Yee Haw” Coordinator. Why not? Sounds like fun! I’m also the volunteer Membership Chair for USATF San Diego and...
New Women’s Open Team Captain Meriah Earle Takes 3rd Place Elite at Cardiff Kook 10k By: Meriah Earle I (Meriah Earle) ran cross-country for the first time in 7th grade, because they needed more girls on the team. Back then, my goal was simple: don’t sit down during the work-outs. The idea of running...
Toya’s Tips! NUTRITION ON THE LONG RUN The following are guidelines on taking nutrition on your long runs. As you will see below I prefer the method of using gels pre-mixed in water. This is prepared prior to leaving the house so all you have to do sip at specified times during the run....
Toya’s Tips! FOAM ROLLING THE SHIN AREA (To avoid getting shin splints and relieve tightness in the front of your leg) Kneel and place the roller under both shins while supporting your upper body with your hands. Roll down to your ankles and back to the knees. Be careful not to roll over the knee ...
Tempo Run Workouts: Target Heart Rate Zones Tempo Runs are excellent for developing stamina, confidence and sense of pace. What’s the physiological “secret” behind this type of training? It raises your lactate threshold velocity, the running speed above which fatigue sets in quickly. As your lactate threshold threshold velocity increases you’ll run at faster speeds...
Toya’s Tips! DYNAMIC STRETCHING DYNAMIC WARM-UP DRILLS Are you sitting at a computer all day? Are you driving to and from work and workouts? That is a lot of sitting in the day. As a result we need to get the body back to neutral posture before exercising (Opening the hips)! A dynamic warm-up...
How To Be A Running Goal-Digger By: Kimberly Underwood So you’ve been running for a while, and loving it. But maybe you’re not seeing the improvement you’ve hoped for as you’ve been running. Maybe you’ve been stuck at the same level for a while- and you have been wanting to go to another level....