by Coach Stazza | Aug 9, 2019 | Featured, Training
In my previous post, we examined how one of my runners, Matthew The Chicken Slayer Maynard, had progressed in his first eight months with me—we looked at how we prepared the way for the endurance spine and higher density, high volume workouts. We also looked at how to...
by Coach Stazza | Aug 6, 2019 | Featured, Training
Last week, we outlined the problems with marathon plans and lazy/inept coaches, flirted with the endurance spine, and introduced one of my runners, Matthew The Chicken Slayer Maynard. We looked at how Matthew, as a relative beginner, made incredible gains in less than...
by Coach Stazza | Aug 2, 2019 | Featured, Training
A few weeks back, we had a look at one of my elite athletes, Aoife Cooke. Aoife’s grafting away to gain a place on the Irish team for the Tokyo 2020 Olympics (marathon) and the 2020 World Half Marathon Championships. Again, I was inundated with emails about various...
by Coach Stazza | Jul 23, 2019 | Featured, Race Reports
When I dream, I dream big and so should you. No race is too hard. You just need to believe in yourself and get to work. Like many others I started putting in the Western States lottery planning to get in 4-5 years later. Which would work great for my family...
by Coach Stazza | Jul 19, 2019 | Featured, Inspiration, Race Reports, Training
Stazzalife Saturday—Late afternoon—Spanish sunshine El Chiringuito. Raybans. Chilled glass of Rosado. Some of the toughest jazz-funk I’ve heard in years. Stazzakids giving it root-toot on inflatables. Glints of sunlight sparkle on the shimmering sea. Right now, the...
