by Coach Stazza | Jun 20, 2019 | Featured, Training
Anybody can pop out a poem or coach, so what’s the difference between ditties and art, bog-standard coaching and sublime coaching? Here’s The Godfather of poetry, TS Eliot: ‘Genuine poetry can communicate before it is understood.’ What does Eliot mean? Let’s...
by Coach Stazza | Jun 13, 2019 | Featured, Nutrition, Training
A modern house. STAZZA brews coffee, pours for two—Fornasetti Architettura cups. He is 54, dark-haired (tinged with silver), cool. He does everything with deliberate quietness, glances towards the kitchen table to see if COACH STAZZA (54) is looking—he isn’t. He...
by Coach Stazza | Jun 11, 2019 | Featured, Training
In my previous post, we looked at the art of coaching. I dropped out a definition which examined the craft (science) and technique (skill/experience). I wanted to follow-up with a deconstruction of the greatest workout of all-time (Canova’s, Dull Roots Workout) but I...
by Coach Stazza | Jun 4, 2019 | Featured, Training
In my previous post, we covered the importance of running slow to run fast. We looked at how the Kenyans run slow to facilitate recovery and adaptation. We also examined the thoughts of one of my athletes, Riley Cook (2hrs 16’ marathon, 63’ half marathon, and 3’42”...
by Coach Stazza | May 28, 2019 | Featured, Nutrition
It’s four in the morning. Heidi the dog’s barking. Jellbaby the wife’s snoring—I mean, exhaling like a princess in her sleep. The CLARINS, Super Restore Total Eye Concentrate that Jellybaby the wife dabbed around my left eye last night is stinging my eyeball, worse...
