by Coach Al Lyman, CSCS, FRCms | Oct 28, 2014 | and Life Balance, Musings from Coach Al, Running, ultrarunning
This past weekend, elite ultra-runner and friend Larisa Dannis WON the USATF 50-mile road championship, finishing 5th overall in a course record time of 5:59! You may remember our podcast with Larisa from a few months ago, after she shocked the ultra-running world...
by Coach Al Lyman, CSCS, FRCms | Sep 22, 2014 | and Life Balance
All day yesterday I thought about what the cancellation of Ironman Lake Tahoe so close to the start, might have felt like for the athletes there. I obviously can’t know any of this for certain, but my heart imagines being at the swim start, suited up, expecting to...
by Coach Al Lyman, CSCS, FRCms | Aug 21, 2014 | and Life Balance, Ironman, Podcast, Recovery, Running
[powerpress] If you are like so many endurance athletes everywhere who enjoy toeing the line at a race (be it sprint or iron distance triathlon, running, cycling, or Spartan), it’s quite likely that you have either just completed your “A” priority race for the...
by Coach Al Lyman, CSCS, FRCms | Aug 15, 2014 | and Life Balance
What is it with the scatter brained fidgetiness that seems to take hold on certain days? Those days when despite our inner desire to make things happen, we just don’t settle in. Those days when our ambition is overtaken by a gravitational pull toward pretty much...
by Coach Al Lyman, CSCS, FRCms | Jul 14, 2014 | and Life Balance
One of the key elements of daily fulfillment (yes, you read that right…fulfillment can be and is realized daily…a topic for another post) is living according to your deepest held values. Just to be clear, I’m not talking about values in the “golden ruleâ€...
by Coach Al Lyman, CSCS, FRCms | Jul 8, 2014 | and Life Balance, Ask Coach Al, Podcast, Recovery, Running, ultrarunning
[powerpress] Today I’m really excited (I mean, REALLY excited!) to be able to share a wonderful conversation with elite ultra-runner and friend Larisa Dannis, on the heels of her recent 2nd place finish at the Western States 100 mile Endurance Run. In a nutshell,...
