by Coach Al Lyman, CSCS, FRCms | Jul 19, 2019 | Ask Coach Al, Ironman, Musings from Coach Al, Musings on Training, Nutrition, Triathlon
I’ve seen it happen so often over the years – you’ve trained hard for weeks and months, doing everything you can to be ready to have a great race. And then your stomach goes south – at the worst possible time during the race. It sucks...
by Coach Al Lyman, CSCS, FRCms | Jul 15, 2019 | Ask Coach Al, Cycling, Ironman, Musings from Coach Al, Musings on Training, Running, Triathlon
“K.I.S.S.” – Just about every experienced smart person ever Back in the late 90s, in my very early days as a triathlete, I worked with Coach Troy Jacobson. Troy taught me a lot about how to train. One of my earliest “lessons” came when I went...
by Coach Al Lyman, CSCS, FRCms | Apr 13, 2019 | Ask Coach Al, Functional Strength Training, Musings from Coach Al, Running, Running Injury, ultrarunning
“Mistakes are the portals for discovery.” – James Joyce “There is nothing more difficult to take in hand, more perilous to conduct, or more uncertain in its success, than to take the lead in the introduction of a new order to...
by Coach Al Lyman, CSCS, FRCms | Dec 1, 2017 | Ask Coach Al, Before and After Videos, Core Stability and Strength, Functional Strength Training, Gait Analysis, Ironman, Musings from Coach Al, Running, Triathlon, Virtual Online Gait Analysis
“Then you will know the truth and the truth will set you free.” – John 8:32 [divider style=”0″] Without a doubt, endurance athletes are finally coming around to understanding and believing in the importance of strength training....
by Coach Al Lyman, CSCS, FRCms | Aug 26, 2015 | Ask Coach Al, Core Stability and Strength, Functional Strength Training, Injury, Mobility, Mobility, Musings from Coach Al, Musings on Training, Recovery, Running, Running Injury, Stability
Recently, at a race where I was volunteering, I was chatting with a fellow runner. A week earlier he had finished his second 100-mile ultra. He was feeling very good about having finished, and why not? Much like finishing an Ironman, getting to the FINISH line...
