RunWithPower » Hood to Coast Training http://www.runwithpower.com Learn how to run your best by training to be at your best. Tue, 26 Oct 2010 02:57:37 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 A successful First Hood to Coast! http://www.runwithpower.com/2010/09/01/a-successful-first-hood-to-coast/ http://www.runwithpower.com/2010/09/01/a-successful-first-hood-to-coast/#comments Wed, 01 Sep 2010 15:58:44 +0000 scott http://www.runwithpower.com/?p=389 SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "A successful First Hood to Coast!", url: "http://www.runwithpower.com/2010/09/01/a-successful-first-hood-to-coast/" });]]> Despite some last minute changes to the team, we were still able to finish 80th Overall with a time of 24:14:29! We were pleased overall but now the challenge begins to improve. We are praying our team is allowed back in again this year as we have already set our sights on a top 40 finish in 2011. The race itself was incredible. It was a very unique experience for us as at one point we were the very last place team on the course. The race goes in waves so teams begin in the morning and are released in 15 minute intervals all the way until 6:45 pm. Our first van had the pleasure of being passed by all of the elite teams that took off after us but we also started to quickly catch some of the teams that left ahead of us.

During the end of the second van’s first shift there was an accident of some sort just a minute or so after our runner and two teams behind us had passed. This stopped all teams behind us and those teams were moved ahead further into the race and picked it up from there. Needless to say the two teams left behind us caught and passed us so we had the unique experience of being the very last team on the course. We eventually caught hundreds of teams and we had the unique opportunity to get double road kills on the same runners as we had to repass everyone we did in the first 8-9 legs.

Here are some pictures form the great event. Thanks to all who volunteered to make Hood to Coast such a unique and spectacular event.

The Starting Line at Timberline Lodge. Our Team left in one of the last waves starting at 6:15pm Friday Night

Getting ready for one of the last van exchanges

FINISHED!!

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]]> http://www.runwithpower.com/2010/09/01/a-successful-first-hood-to-coast/feed/ 0 Hood to Coast Training Day #3 Stairs, Stairs, and then some more Stairs http://www.runwithpower.com/2010/02/13/hood-to-coast-training-day-3-stairs-stairs-and-then-some-more-stairs/ http://www.runwithpower.com/2010/02/13/hood-to-coast-training-day-3-stairs-stairs-and-then-some-more-stairs/#comments Sat, 13 Feb 2010 18:09:49 +0000 scott http://www.runwithpower.com/?p=377 SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "Hood to Coast Training Day #3 Stairs, Stairs, and then some more Stairs", url: "http://www.runwithpower.com/2010/02/13/hood-to-coast-training-day-3-stairs-stairs-and-then-some-more-stairs/" });]]> I apologize for the lateness of this update. This dates back to last Saturday when we decided to meet at a location where we had access to some stairs. It was a great workout as all of our stair routines are. The benefit of using the stairs is the ability to force your hips into positions that will increase the range of motion of your hip and your stride. There were no pictures this time but let us show you this stair workout video we posted awhile back in case you missed it.

Next Post we will go over our range of motion/ balance beam combo routine!

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]]> http://www.runwithpower.com/2010/02/13/hood-to-coast-training-day-3-stairs-stairs-and-then-some-more-stairs/feed/ 0 Hood to Coast Training Day #2 http://www.runwithpower.com/2010/01/30/week-2-of-hood-to-coast-training/ http://www.runwithpower.com/2010/01/30/week-2-of-hood-to-coast-training/#comments Sat, 30 Jan 2010 19:40:01 +0000 scott http://www.runwithpower.com/?p=349 SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "Hood to Coast Training Day #2", url: "http://www.runwithpower.com/2010/01/30/week-2-of-hood-to-coast-training/" });]]> We met this morning for another round of training. Similar to last week we focused mostly on building up a muscular system that promotes a strong durable stride. It was early but the guys still worked hard and loved the back to back combination of Standing Front to Back Lunges then straight to Back Foot Elevated Lunges. Here are a few pics of the guys working out this morning.

Loren doing some weighted Hero Squats. Loren is joining us right now for these sessions as part of his training for the spring track season. Also as one of the Runwithpower trainers he ran the majority of the workout today.

Aaron found some time in his baskektball schedule to come over and train. His basketball season is over in a few weeks so he is excited to start working towards his Spring track season as well.

Jason decided to go barefoot for this one. We decided that this also meant he should have to run the first leg of the race which is a brutal downhill at the Top of Mount Hood for several miles barefoot as well. Knowing him, he just might try it!

In the next few weeks will continue to work on this style of muscle training to develop some very powerful and efficient strides. We will be doing some early season bench mark runs coming up in February as well. Many of our guys are already in decent running shape. Josh is of course well into his training for the Boston Marathon so he could run circles around most of us right now. Well some of us anyway.

We will update again next week.

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]]> http://www.runwithpower.com/2010/01/30/week-2-of-hood-to-coast-training/feed/ 1 Hood to Coast Training Begins http://www.runwithpower.com/2010/01/23/hood-to-coast-training-begins/ http://www.runwithpower.com/2010/01/23/hood-to-coast-training-begins/#comments Sun, 24 Jan 2010 03:29:27 +0000 scott http://www.runwithpower.com/?p=319 SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "Hood to Coast Training Begins", url: "http://www.runwithpower.com/2010/01/23/hood-to-coast-training-begins/" });]]> Today we got our Hood to Coast training started. There was just 6 of us today since some had other commitments but we were still able to kick off our training with an excellent muscle development workout. This early in the training we are completely focused on building a muscular system capable of withstanding the demands of the Hood to Coast relay. This means we will need to be able to handle running 3 legs various degrees of elevation and distance at completely random times of the day (including in the middle of the night) while being in a seated position in a van for prolonged periods of time.

Being able to handle this is not the real issue for us. We want to do it to perfection so that we can maximize our speed and overall time as a team. The key to doing anything in the running world extremely well is to train for very high levels of muscular efficiency. This means having a muscular system that has very few limitations in strength, speed, endurance, and flexibility. Accomplishing this first enables the act of adding aerobic endurance later on significantly easier. Loren discusses this in his latest post on his Sub-Fifty Quest.

So today we did a stations workout based around stairs, balance beams, free weight benches, ankle weights, and ropes. Each of these was designed to elicit a specific response from the muscular system to create a more powerful Stride. Next week will be something new as each week we make changes to keep our bodies on the proper progression.

Devin working hard on the beams!

Today we also handed out warm-ups and cool-downs to everyone to use as they go for any running workouts they may do on their own during the week. We will make these warm-ups and cool-downs available to you in the next week or so.

We will update you again each week as we continue our training.

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