Category: Coaching
Girls’ Night Out at Great Outdoor Provision Co.: Postview and Preview
It was an honor and a vast pleasure to speak at the Great Outdoor Provision Company in Raleigh last night on the joys of triathlon. Most of the women present were preparing for their first-ever triathlon, and it’s so fun to calm fears and answer the dozens of questions your first race engenders. Joe Miller…
Event: Girls’ Night Out at Great Outdoor Provision Company
Join me tomorrow—Thursday, March 14—from 6:00 to 7:30 at Great Outdoor Provision Company in Cameron Village, Raleigh, for a girls’ night out event focused on the Ramblin’ Rose Triathlon. There will be snacks and drinks! Details here. I’ll talk about transitions, staying calm, and ways to enjoy the race. If you aren’t signed up yet…
Joys of the Umstead Marathon
Now that I’m home from the Umstead Trail Marathon and considerably cleaner than when I walked in, I want to jot down a few of the joys of the day. This may not be coherent; while I feel fine, my brain is a little fuzzy, and I had trouble figuring out how to exit the…
The Athlete’s Guide to Recovery, German Edition (Regeneration für Ausdauersportler)
The unexpected joy of my year thus far has been the utter delight I’ve taken in the German edition of The Athlete’s Guide to Recovery—or Regeneration für Ausdauersportler. I knew it was coming, but I didn’t know how wonderful it would be. The English edition of this book—which focuses on what to do when you aren’t training…
Finding Comfort with Comfort
It was lovely to find specific praise of Durham Yoga‘s restorative class on our Facebook page. (I’m a big fan of praise; here’s a post at the prAna blog on ways to deliver it liberally.) A great phrase emerged: Jeff, the teacher, wants his students to develop comfort with being comfortable. This really struck me…
Read: Legs Up
Continuing my advice over on the prAna blog that we avoid sitting as much as possible, I have a new post up on lying down with your legs up. Click on over! This could be a new trend like planking . . .
Teaching Yoga to Athletes: An Online Course and Certification
Teaching yoga to athletes is my life’s work. This niche lies at the intersection of my professional training, vocation, and passions: studying philosophy and literature; developing strong teaching skills; training, racing, and coaching; practicing yoga. I’m hugely excited to share this field with you in a one-of-a-kind online course on teaching yoga to athletes. This…
Sage Advice: Shin Splints
A reader asked me for advice to share with a yoga student on shin splints. Here, my yoga books are less germane and The Athlete’s Guide to Recovery is more useful. Shin splints usually result from an imbalance between work and rest—too much mileage, too soon, and sometimes on too hard a surface. Things to check…
Revising Your Goals
I enjoyed giving a webinar called “Your Perfect Race Day” for USA Triathlon today. (If you missed it, it’s archived online, along with its predecessor on race week and its cousins on yoga for triathletes and on recovery. Each offers CEUs for USAT coaches.) There was a great question that came in after I’d logged…
Pace Yourself
This is the day we move cross-town into a house that’s four minutes’ scooter trip to the studio downtown, less than three minutes’ run to the trailhead (16+ miles of single track bliss!), and just a short trip down our gravel road away from going wheels-down into the most gorgeous riding in the Piedmont (see Rides:…
Marathon Training Time
It’s time to start training for fall marathons! One of my yoga students just asked me whether I have a plan online. Indeed I do, more than one. There’s a “paper” version at Athleta Chi. This is great for those who want to print a schedule and stick it on the fridge. There’s also some…
Maintenance Mode
My athlete Erin, who discovered a surprising, if fleeting, taste for Marmite during Ironman South Africa, is entering her first year of emergency-medicine residency. Given the demanding schedule and her plans to enjoy the spring triathlon schedule in New Orleans, she asked me what she should be doing now. Here’s what I prescribed; I hope…