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 Tawny Bybee | Jul 31, 2019 | Race Reports, Training
Race recap by Brandon Dase — Just after the race on Saturday, a feeling of disappointment started to set in. “The voice” in my head was working me over pretty good. You see, just like most people, I have an ego and I’m on a quest to master it....
by Tawny Bybee | Jul 26, 2019 | Race Reports, Training
I chose the Des News half mostly because Dustin was running the full and last year I raced the Des News 10k and had a great experience. It was well organized and good competition. This was my first time doing the half. The race started at 6:00, but the buses loaded...
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...
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by Coach Stazza | Jul 17, 2019 | Featured, Inspiration, Training
On Monday, I posted in Stazza’s Stable about recovery runs. The post triggered some great discussion/excuses/explanations, and general jollinessiocity. Here’s the post… Stablemates, especially those in Utah, read carefully… I was going to post this...
by Coach Stazza | Jul 12, 2019 | Featured, Nutrition, Race Reports, Training
Stazzalife Nearly two weeks into the month of Spanish sunshine and it’s agreeing with me—nicely. The old body’s bronzing, I’m sticking with Stazza’s Ultra Fodder (it’s working a treat), and I’m loving the Rosada—it’s perfect for quaffing on balmy evenings. I’m up...
by Tawny Bybee | Jul 10, 2019 | Race Reports, Training
I love the Provo Freedom 10k. This race was my very first 10k that I ever ran in 2005 when I was 18 years old. It was the summer after my first year of competing at SUU at the Division I level. I ran a 40:07. Funny that I was decently fast at the time in shorter stuff...
by Coach Stazza | Jul 5, 2019 | Training
Stazzalife As many of you know, I had a near-death experience on Monday—just before heading out the door to Spain. But that was just the start of the drama… So the plan was to head out to Calpe (Spain) with my daughters and my parents for the month of July—we...
