Life in the Fast Lane Racing is more than just stepping to the line !! Racing is more than just the sum of the parts of training…. I believe we can draw 25-35% more out of ourselves on race day than we can with any training session. How do we explain that? Some of that % is simple enough, rest, fueling, adrenaline etc but a great deal of it is the unknown and the unexplainable… it just is what it is ! However more and more I see the pressure of people attaching their self e

Life in the Fast Lane I was on the track recently with a young student that I coach. We were executing a speed interval workout together..During one of the recoveries I happened to comment, as her times continue to reach new levels, that this is a process of discovery~ every quality session she is discovering herself as a competitive runner. No sooner had the words crossed my lips before I realized that it was not all that different for me, except I was in the process of 'red

Life in the Fast Lane In the mid nineties I co-founded the Iron Maiden's Women's Running Group in Santa Cruz, California. It offered a safe developmental environment of camaraderie and professional coaching to female runners of all levels.. The timing was fortuitous for sure as in 1994 Oprah Winfrey graced the cover of an issue of Runner's World Magazine which in turn ignited a woman's running movement that has never stopped since..Eventually I moved to the East coach and my