by Patrick Zweifel | Jun 12, 2020 | Coach Drew
I don’t like time trials. I only ever use them when I feel like it’s necessary to know someone’s fitness, and I almost always know how fit my athletes are. I would say that 90% of the time I have an athlete do a time trial – there’s almost no change in...
by Patrick Zweifel | Apr 22, 2020 | Coach Drew
Around two months after CIM, Roman started to develop some pain in his leg. He took about six weeks to fully recover, which involved both rest days, and easy running. Roman has been back “training” for the past six weeks now, and I thought it might be helpful to see...
by Patrick Zweifel | Apr 17, 2020 | Coach Drew
We always take time off after a race, especially a race that was important, and required a long build-up. The reasons for emphasizing recovery are infinite, but here are a few key reasons. Physically recover: this is much more than just getting to the point where one...
by Patrick Zweifel | Apr 11, 2020 | Coach Drew
In the midst of races cancelling everywhere due to the corona virus, the Pioneer 50 mile trail race, was impossibly on. After cancelled airline tickets, we piled into separate cars, and headed south. This was a race in which the majority of the team had been training...
by Patrick Zweifel | Jan 15, 2020 | Coach Drew
Athlete: Sam Collins Prescribed: 8-10 miles at 6:20 – 6:00 pace Result: 9 miles averaging 6:11 This was Sam’s first workout since the Eugene Frozen Trail Runfest on 12/7. Sam took no time off after the race, but took a down week in the sense that there was zero...
