Stacey Richardson’s Weekly Workout Tip: Kona. We dream of it. We idolize it. We hope for it. We work for it. But how on earth do we get to Ironman World Championships in Kona!??? As an age grouper, I got there on my first attempt by heeding my own advice and I got lucky… Well, [...]
Stacey Richardson’s Weekly Workout Tip: This week’s workout tip is brought to you by the greatest ” S” word in coaching jargon: specificity. As my athletes and I begin discussing strength-focused workouts and how to make some gains in the off-season, we return to this concept in all our coach-athlete conversations. “Coach, I could go [...]
I love these commercials about Wim Hof and Columbia’s Omni Heat Electric jackets. Incredible how this athlete has tapped into the power of the mind to keep his body warm despite frigid condtions. Imagine what any athlete could do with similar mind over body power. And, next time I feel like a total [...]
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Stacey Richardson’s Weekly Workout Tip: Winter cycling: dress for success A long time ago, a fine roadie friend of mine taught me a few simple things about cycling through the cold winter days. He told me that great cyclists always layer and if you are REALLY good, you don’t have to match. Here in NC, [...]
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Preface: In the old days, I spent alot of time editing my blog posts to correct grammer and spelling and make the story flow nicely. I don’t have time for that these days with my demanding job. So, please forgive the poor writing. What you see below is ‘in the raw’. Here is my race [...]
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