by Patrick Zweifel | Oct 20, 2020 | Coach Drew
PC: @stevenmortinson & @daybreakracing 10/18 In his trail debut, Roman Kirkov finished 2nd this past weekend at the Rogue Gorge 50k to Brooks sponsored Jared Bassett. Bassett ran a winning time of 3:37:45 to Roman’s 3:43:06. Ryan Maize was 3rd, in...
by Patrick Zweifel | Aug 28, 2020 | Coach Drew
Athlete: Asher Catterall Prescribed: 20 mile “Mook Tempo” Result: 20 miles averaging 5:58 (6:07 – 5:44) Asher did this workout on August 22nd, in preparation for the Timberjack 100k on September 12th. This “tempo”, is the last significant effort Asher will do....
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...
