Category: Training and Racing
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The Value of Testing
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This intriguing article in last week’s New York Times Magazine talks about the value of pretesting. The results of pretesting help refine the learning process and lead to better outcomes on final exams. It strikes me that the same goes for endurance sports. There’s huge value in pretesting your training. The race itself should not be the…
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Watch: Yoga for Athletes Teachers’ Lounge: Before, During, and After
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My newest class at YogaVibes talks you through timing. You’ll learn techniques to practice before, during, and after a workout, as well as hearing why I chose them. If you were at the free classes I offered during last winter’s tour of REI stores (thanks, prAna!), you’ll get a refresher on the sequences we practiced…
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Read: “Stretching Is Overrated”
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I’m quoted in this nice piece in The Atlantic: “Stretching Is Overrated.” Despite its sensationalist title, it’s about pre-exercise static stretching being overrated, not stretching in general (although we could have that argument, too). As I told Ian, there’s certainly such a thing as too much flexibility; at some point stretching can become gratuitous. For my usual population of…
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Watch: More Free Yoga for Athletes Videos
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Here are more of the yoga for athletes videos that accompany my August Yoga Journal feature on training for a triathlon: Week 5: Healthy Wrists Week 6: First Transition (T1) Week 7: Second Transition (T2) Week 8: Balance in the Water Plus bonus videos! Using a Mantra Drishti for Open Water The thumbnails are, as usual, hilarious.
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Racing Wisely: Why This One?
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The biggest question in choosing a race is why. In this excerpt from Racing Wisely, we explore the big reasons. As you commit to your race, take a few minutes to jot down or type up some notes about why you chose this race. They can be broad (“I’ve wanted to run a marathon ever since I heard…
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Read: Warm Up While You Lace Up
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As a huge fan of efficiency and multitasking, I’m excited to share this shoe-donning-cum-dynamic-warmup routine with you. You’ll find it in the September print edition of Runner’s World, as well as online and in video format (where it’s cheekily named “Get It On”). Enjoy!
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Watch: Free Yoga for Athletes Videos
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Have you had a chance to read the August issue of Yoga Journal? I wrote a twelve-week triathlon plan and asana sequences to complement swimming, cycling, and running you’ll find featured in the magazine. (That’s the “15 poses to build a strong, healthy body.”) There’s a set of videos to accompany the article. If you’re signed…
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Watch: Yoga for Athletes Teachers’ Lounge: Backbends
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Second in my Yoga Vibes series of ten practices filmed at my Teaching Yoga to Athletes intensive is an investigation of both passive and active backbends. These simple but powerful poses can improve posture, increase balance in the body, and prevent injury in athletes and everyone. Watch the preview or the full class here. Take…
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Watch: IT Band Aid
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If you don’t know what your IT band (or iliotibial band) is, that’s great news—it’s probably not a problem area. If it is a hotspot for you, or if you have soreness at your outer hip or knee or general tightness along the outer thigh, this free video at YogaVibes has some ideas to help! Yoga Class Description…
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Racing Wisely: Choosing a Destination
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Racing can be a fun impetus for travel or a major onus. In this excerpt from Racing Wisely, I explain how to consider location, location, location as you choose a race. Choosing the location of your race wisely can set the stage for your own personal best, and location is a very personal decision. Will you target your…
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Read: Mindful Racing
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I’m very excited to lead our meditation at Wanderlust 108 in Atlanta, GA, on September 28. Today at the Wanderlust blog, you’ll find an excerpt from Racing Wisely, with some thoughts on mindfulness and running: Any practice can be a mindfulness practice, and many can be mindlessness practices. It’s all about intention and attention. Why are you here?…
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Racing Wisely: Consider Others
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Training and racing don’t happen in isolation. In this excerpt from Racing Wisely, I explain how your race choice can affect your loved ones. Consider them as you choose a race. The who of your personal best extends beyond you personally. Even if you live, train, and move through the course alone, you don’t race…