Coach Greg McMillan talks to Matt Fitzgerald about his long term approach to coaching, how he developed his acclaimed McMillan Calculator and his position on high volume vs. high intensity training.
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As long as you consume enough carbs during the race, even skipping breakfast altogether won’t slow you down. There is some evidence that a low- or moderate-glycemic index pre-exercise meal (that is, a meal whose carbohydrate content is absorbed relatively slowly) enhances endurance performance compared to a high-GI meal. But the glycemic index of a [...]
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American distance star Kara Goucher talks to Competitor Running about keeping training enjoyable, how her fans affect her racing and how her race in Boston will help her succeed in Berlin.
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A new study suggests monitoring your heart rate recovery day to day may be worthwhile. Heart rate recovery refers to how long it takes for one’s heart rate to return to resting level after completion of exercise. Heart rate recovery is faster in aerobically fit individuals than in less fit persons. This much has been [...]
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The final day of competition in Eugene featured a potpourri of events. The race of the day had to be the men’s 800m on the fourth and final day of competition at the 2009 USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships in Eugene, Ore. After the University of Connecticut’s Michael Rutt led the field through 400 [...]
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Shannon Rowbury reclaims the title of America’s best female miler. The weather was hot – about 85 degrees at 3 PM – but the competition was hotter Saturday at Hayward field in Eugene, Ore. There were few distance events on day three of the 2009 USA Track and Field Championships, but there was one very [...]
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Friday’s racing ends with a bang in memorable men’s and women’s 5000m races. Kara Goucher showed that her recent affair with the marathon distance has not taken the speed out of her legs Friday night at Hayward Field in Eugene, Oregon, as she took victory in the women’s 5000m in impressive fashion. While her victory [...]
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Eugene is in full swing. Check this post for a gallery of shots from the 1,500m.
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We nabbed a few shots of Tyson Gay, Allyson Felix, and Michael Rodgers from the 100m. Have a look.
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The Competitor Running crew is on the USA Track & Field Championships beat, bringing you the latest from Eugene, Oregon. Check out this gallery of images from the 10,000m final.
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Thrilling 10,000m races and a blistering 100m highlight opening day of competition. To see photo galleries from the USATF Outdoor Championships, click here. Amy Begley had a breakout performance Thursday in winning the women’s 10,000m ahead of Shalane Flanagan on the first night of competition at the 2009 USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships in [...]
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New study suggests you might not want to race after 30 hours awake. Researchers from Bangor University in Great Britain recently performed an experiment on the effects of sleep deprivation on running performance that must not have been terribly pleasant to participate in. On two occasions, eleven male subjects completed a test consisting of 60 [...]
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Strong fields assembled for Seattle Rock ‘N’ Roll Marathon and Half Marathon. The marathon fields lack foreign elite talent, creating an opportunity for American runners to claim a major marathon title. In the women’s half marathon former Boston Marathon winner Berhane Adere will toe the line. Here are the top contenders on the men’s and [...]
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With every event scheduled to be shown either on the internet or on television, you have no excuse not to watch. The 2009 USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships promise to be among the most competitive track meets ever held in this country. The sprints and field events are always loaded with talent, but what’s different [...]
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Is America’s appetite for marathons insatiable? Recession? What recession? So the organizers of the Rock ‘N’ Roll Seattle Marathon and Half Marathon might be saying after the first-year event sold out months before its June 27 staging. In any economy there are trends and counter trends of course. Not every business and industry suffers in [...]
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