Congrats to Ryan Light of RealRunRyan.com on passing the VDOT O2 Distance Certification exam. Glad to see the exam challenging coaches on the science of our sport. Learn more about Ryan's inspiring story and how running helped saved his life. Now he's giving back and helping others overcome anxiety through running. Look who got his [...]
Featured Coach - Tiffany Carson England We're proud to have such a well qualified and highly motivating coach on VDOT O2. Tiffany's diversity of experience is unmatched. Coaching Bio 8+ years coaching experience from high school XC & Track & Field to ultramarathons Head Coach for the Robin Hood Foundation’s “Race for Robin Hood” marathon [...]
High school coach Aaron Pessah attended a VDOT Coaching Clinic last summer. He's currently Head XC and T&F Coach at Andrew Hill HS in San Jose and he's having great success adopting VDOT and Daniels' Running Formula principles. Here he discusses a recent success story about his top athlete Jorge Estrella: Jorge ended his sophomore [...]
@mckirdytrained has 13 coaches working with over 300 athletes on the VDOT O2 app. Here's the founder, James McKirdy, talking about the value of working with a private coach. A post shared by VDOT O2 (@vdot_o2) on Jun 13, 2017 at 12:58pm PDT Learn more about the benefits of working with athletes using VDOT Coach.
Featured Coach - Gregg Mrkvicka Coaching Bio Head XC Coach at Bishop Leblond High School in St. Joseph, MO Assistant Track & Field Coach High School coach for 8 years and adult runners for 2 years Coaches 15 runners and 3-5 adult runners at any given time Why He Loves VDOT VDOT O2 saves me hours every week by [...]
By Dr. Jack Daniels Every training session should have a purpose that improves one of the following physiological functions: Heart and sport-muscle strengthening Endurance Aerobic fitness Anaerobic fitness Speed Economy of movement Exercise heart rate is associated with each of the above-mentioned functions A faster-than-anticipated heart rate suggests over-training or inadequate recovery from previous exercise […]
Congrats to Matt Nolan of Barry's Bootcamp on his first BQ at the Buffalo Marathon. In the past 6-months he's lowered his marathon PR from 3:20:14 down to 3:03:36 on VDOT O2. @buffalomarathon we did it!! Huge personal #marathonPR for me by 12 minutes. Next up for Matt? He's going after sub-3 in Chicago. You [...]