Comments (0) At Landice, we want to help you be the best YOU you can be. We’ve enlisted the help of Janda Ricci-Munn, accomplished triathlete and coach. Together, we want to offer you practical training tips to help you reach your own fitness goals. Let us journey with you. Leave us comments and updates. Tell us how you’re doing. Let us know when you’re training for a race so we can cheer you on. Come back next week for another edition of Beginning Running Tips from Janda!
Our friends Lee and Isis Hargrave, a.k.a. The Running Couple, organized a fabulous event last week at Luke’s Locker in Dallas! One of our Dallas dealers, Fitness HQ provided a Landice Executive Trainer treadmill for runners to test out at the event. Luke’s Locker shoe guru, Duncan, provided some awesome insight into how to select the best shoes for your feet. Here is a recap of the event from The Running Couple. Enjoy!
The group at the DFW Tweetup
Our favorite things about running are the community and the culture surrounding the sport. With the increased adoption of social media among professional and weekend runners, we wanted to organize an event to combine the two. After discussing our idea with some really great companies…the #runDFWtweetup was born! We were excited to be able to organize the first tweetup in DFW targeted towards runners and athletes.
On January 27th, 28 runners/athletes from around the DFW metroplex met up at Luke’s Locker . All runners were entered in a drawing for some great giveaways and handed our favorite recovery drink, Athletes Honey Milk . Everyone then had a chance to walk around Luke’s Locker and check out their extensive selection of quality running gear. Luke’s offered all participants 15% off any purchase that night and several took advantage of such a great deal. Attendees were able to take a spin on an awesome treadmill supplied by Landice and have their gait analyzed. Luke’s Locker shoe guru, Duncan, was on hand to answer any questions and gave a presentation about the current running shoe options and how a proper shoe-fitting was conducted. Continue reading 'DFW Tweetup Recap'»
Landice L7 Series Treadmill
For instance, if I determine that my athlete has a power output of 300 watts at functional threshold (also commonly referred to as “lactate threshold” or the effort that a runner or cyclist could sustain for about 1 hour), and the day’s workout is calling for a set of 4 x 10 minutes at 2 – 3% above “FT” power, the athlete can clearly and effectively dial in their effort from the first few pedal strokes and focus on one thing and one thing alone: Attaining and sustaining their goal power output. Being able to train with a high degree of precision in turn increases the overall effectiveness of the workout and leads to bigger and better training results. Continue reading 'Precision Pacing'»
At Landice, we want to help you be the best YOU you can be. We’ve enlisted the help of Janda Ricci-Munn, accomplished triathlete and coach. Together, we want to offer you practical training tips to help you reach your own fitness goals. Let us journey with you. Leave us comments and updates. Tell us how you’re doing. Let us know when you’re training for a race so we can cheer you on. Come back next week for another edition of Beginning Running Tips from Janda!
Heather Gannoe
Meet Heather Gannoe. Heather is one of our weekly contest winners.
Age: 27
Location: Myrtle Beach SC
Occupation: mom of two toddlers (it’s a full time job!), full time college student, lab assistant in our University’s exercise science lab
What are some of your hobbies/interests/passions? Running is my passion! I am jumping into the multi-sport world this year, so I’m hoping to add swimming and biking to that list. My other passion is sharing my love for running and fitness with others. I’m currently finishing up my bachelors degree in exercise and sports science, and I hope to be able to pursue this passion as a trainer and coach. And of course, I love spending my free time with my family. We love living here at the beach and being outdoors as much as possible!
How long have you been running? On and off (between pregnancies) for the last 3 years
How did you get started running? My older sister- I was completely inspired to take up running after watching her complete and finish numerous races, including a marathon, all while undergoing chemotherapy.
What other sports have/do you participate in? I love to surf in the summer, and I will soon be swimming and biking quite a bit in preparation for my first season as a triathlete!
What’s your favorite running workout? I couldn’t pick! Some days I love pushing myself on shorter distance tempo runs. Other days, I love slower paced long runs.
What’s your favorite non-running workout? I enjoy plyometrics and boot camp style group fitness
What is the last race you participated in? Locally, New Years Day prediction race. Larger race: Beach2battleship 140.6 relay (I ran the marathon leg.)
When is your next race? Myrtle Beach Half Marathon, 2/13/10
When you hit a psychological wall while running/training, how do you get past it? I remind myself that I’m not out here to win an Olympic gold, I’m out here because I LOVE it. So if I hit that wall, I slow myself down and reevaluate. I try to always appreciate the fact that I am able to be out there running, and never take that ability for granted. And I try to never lose the love I have for this sport, I never want it to feel like a chore.
What is your favorite piece of running gear? A tie between my Garmin forerunner 305, and my Sugoi arm warmers
What are some of your future running goals? Short term: building my endurance, coming as close to logging 2010 running miles in 2010 as possible! (as long as the weather and my toddlers cooperate!) Long term: a Boston marathon qualifying time! I also really hope to run a marathon in all 50 states.
Photo by Chris Milliman. Courtesy of Craft Apparel.
At Landice, we want to help you be the best YOU you can be. We’ve enlisted the help of Janda Ricci-Munn, accomplished triathlete and coach. Together, we want to offer you practical training tips to help you reach your own fitness goals. Let us journey with you. Leave us comments and updates. Tell us how you’re doing. Let us know when you’re training for a race so we can cheer you on. Come back next week for another edition of Beginning Running Tips from Janda!
My last beginner training tip shed light on post workout cool down and recovery and the concept that effective training means knowing not only how to effectively stress your body, but how to expedite its rate of recovery so that it can properly absorb the day’s training stress and adapt to it/grow stronger. We often think of post workout “recovery” as something that happens in the hours and days after a given workout but pay little attention to our body’s needs in the minutes following stressful training sessions…
Big mistake. Continue reading 'Post Workout Protocol: Cool Down & Recovery'»
At Landice, we want to help you be the best YOU you can be. We’ve enlisted the help of Janda Ricci-Munn, accomplished triathlete and coach. Together, we want to offer you practical training tips to help you reach your own fitness goals. Let us journey with you. Leave us comments and updates. Tell us how you’re doing. Let us know when you’re training for a race so we can cheer you on. Let’s get moving!
At Landice, we want to help you be the best YOU you can be. We’ve enlisted the help of Janda Ricci-Munn, accomplished triathlete and coach. Together, we want to offer you practical training tips to help you reach your own fitness goals. Let us journey with you. Leave us comments and updates. Tell us how you’re doing. Let us know when you’re training for a race so we can cheer you on. Come back next week for another edition of Beginning Running Tips from Janda!
This week’s training tip will provide you with an example of an advanced hill training interval session that I might set one of my competitive triathletes or runners up with. As stated in previous training tips, treadmill based hill interval training presents many advantages, the biggest being that eccentric stress on muscle, connective and bone tissue is reduced due the fact that a runner does not have to run down the same hill they run up over and over again when executing a hill workout outside. As a result, the athlete is still able to reap the numerous benefits associated with hill based interval work while reducing the possibility of injury and muscle soreness that can accompany this specialized form of training. Continue reading 'Advanced Hill Training'»
Tyler McCandless
Meet Tyler McCandless. Tyler was one of our weekly winners in our Landice contest.
Age: 23
Location: State College, PA
Occupation: PhD student in the Department of Meteorology at Penn State University
What are some of your hobbies/interests/passions?
Running/fishing/camping/reading
How long have you been running?
Track started freshman year in high school, cross country junior year in high school ~ Approximately 8 years
How did you get started running?
Wanted to get in shape for soccer, realized I was better in distance runner than soccer.
What other sports have/do you participate in?
Soccer, kicker on the football team (both in high school), run cross country, indoor and outdoor track for Penn State
What’s your favorite running workout?
Long runs in Tussey Mountain near State College Continue reading 'Meet Tyler'»
Photo by Chris Milliman. Courtesy of Craft Apparel.
A common rookie mistake amongst newer runners is the failure to properly “cool down” and replenish once the main segment of a training session has come to a close.
While at my local fitness center the other day, I noticed a twenty-something year old runner pushing himself through a fairly rigorous treadmill based workout. Here in Massachusetts, we’ve been enjoying single digit temperatures for the past few weeks, so you can count on the fact that treadmill and elliptical machine use at the local gyms is sky high at the moment. As such, many gyms choose to impose a 30 minute user limit upon many of these machines, which in turn is a prime reason why many fitness enthusiasts opt to employ a concise, albeit intense approach to aerobic training once their 30 minutes on the treadmill or elliptical commences. Our twenty-something year old runner seemed to be taking this approach with his workout. Continue reading 'Post Workout'»
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