tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19913083Wed, 25 Jun 2008 22:22:22 +0000http://www.gordoworld.com/alternativeperspectives/noreply@blogger.com (GordoWorld Team)Blogger22125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19913083.post-751895850845781049Wed, 25 Jun 2008 21:22:00 +00002008-06-25T16:22:23.007-06:00 Here is a picture of a dozen relatively new ducklings which I took this weekend here in a neighborhood close to mine. These guys tie into my posting as I am writing about an evolving triahtlete and these guys are rapidly growing. Fyi- These little dudes swim a lot faster than I do! Today is the June 1 and I've been back in Seattle for 9 months now. Yesterday I did the Issaquah Sprint Triathlon,http://www.gordoworld.com/alternativeperspectives/2008/06/evolution-of-age-grouper.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (GordoWorld Team)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19913083.post-8733652890205634860Thu, 14 Feb 2008 23:20:00 +00002008-02-13T21:58:46.723-07:00 Some high quality thoughts from my buddy KP. I hope you enjoy. +++ My brother and I recently compared our experiences growing up. There are four siblings; three bothers and a sister. The three brothers shared a room. We had the same father and mother. Our parents were married until my dad died suddenly at age 49. At that time, we were 23, 21, 20 (me) and 16. All of us are married with http://www.gordoworld.com/alternativeperspectives/2008/02/inner-game.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (GordoWorld Team)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19913083.post-7670943161192666684Tue, 01 Jan 2008 19:40:00 +00002008-01-01T20:46:56.229-07:00 Clas shares some practical tips on coping with unplanned lay-offs.   Above is how modern Vikings take-it-easy over the winter.  Clas claims that motorsports enhance bike handling skills. Even if you have read my previous articles 5 or more times and happen to get injured, over trained or sick, don’t freak out. Getting worked up will not help your situation at all. The best thing you can do to http://www.gordoworld.com/alternativeperspectives/2008/01/baron-on-damage-control.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (GordoWorld Team)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19913083.post-6492430041204066607Tue, 11 Dec 2007 17:28:00 +00002007-12-14T00:09:25.707-07:00 Kevin knows more than most about converting fitness to performance. Not only can he write about this topic, he has lived it, repeatedly. I hope you enjoy this article. When I guide clients toward their IM goals, I like to use Power, PE and HR. Used together, those three data points can give the clearest picture of real time efforts on the bike, cardiovascular stress on the body, fueling and http://www.gordoworld.com/alternativeperspectives/2007/12/racing-long.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (GordoWorld Team)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19913083.post-8837362262348207810Sat, 08 Dec 2007 20:30:00 +00002007-12-07T12:35:46.323-07:00 So what have I learned from my experience and other ideas I have to avoid over training in general?? ***Listen to your body and mind. I know it’s hard because we are so used to being able to push trough everything which works most of the time allowing us to bounce back pretty quickly. However, there comes a time when you have been pushing and pushing for so long that your body and mind are http://www.gordoworld.com/alternativeperspectives/2007/11/how-to-avoid-over-training-part-two.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (GordoWorld Team)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19913083.post-4312308829998538437Sat, 01 Dec 2007 01:00:00 +00002007-12-01T11:55:32.765-07:00 This is a two part series from my buddy, Clas. He nuked himself more severely than any case than I have read about. He is sharing his experience so that you can learn from his year on the sidelines. Over training is an occupational hazard for the highly motivated endurance athlete. In my opinion, elements of over training are an essential part of the process of elite ultraendurance performancehttp://www.gordoworld.com/alternativeperspectives/2007/11/how-to-avoid-over-training-part-one.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (GordoWorld Team)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19913083.post-5988385959149359364Thu, 11 Oct 2007 21:12:00 +00002007-10-13T13:25:26.967-06:00 Kevin first sent this piece to me a couple of years ago. It's a great story that gives an insight into what motivates people to compete here in Hawaii. I hope you enjoy it. gordo Dr. Kevin Purcell, D.C. There is no place I would rather be than on the big island of Hawaii in October. My love affair with this place started suddenly in 1992; a mix of (1) a very old dream to do the Hawaii http://www.gordoworld.com/alternativeperspectives/2007/10/kona-blue.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (GordoWorld Team)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19913083.post-4879973703123975175Thu, 04 Oct 2007 22:14:00 +00002007-10-04T20:06:24.370-06:00 How to run a 2.42 marathon in an Ironman. Or maybe the subject should be more “What did I do/how did I train to be able to run a 2.42 marathon in Ironman New Zealand 2004”. When I finished 2: nd in IM NZ -04, I set a new run course record and ran my fastest IM marathon by over 10 min. And when I crossed the line it wasn’t like I had been suffering and pushing my body over the limits more thanhttp://www.gordoworld.com/alternativeperspectives/2007/09/running-very-fast-in-ironman.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (GordoWorld Team)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19913083.post-8873247174980736691Fri, 21 Sep 2007 19:49:00 +00002007-10-18T20:25:29.720-06:00 Jeff Shilt, M.D. On the tails of pro cycling's doping scandals, the buzzword in triathlon has been age group doping. I have to admit, I've been equally curious about the incidences of doping amongst age group athletes. I remember an Outside Magazine article a few years back describing the author’s experience when he obtained performance enhancing drugs (PED’s) from an “anti-aging” doc. He http://www.gordoworld.com/alternativeperspectives/2007/09/literal-costs-of-doping.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (GordoWorld Team)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19913083.post-425863308419881010Fri, 14 Sep 2007 21:57:00 +00002007-09-14T11:46:08.587-06:00 In this article I will write a little bit about Epic Camp (I'm on the right in this photo). For you who don’t know what Epic Camp is then I can recommend that you visit www.epiccamp.com . There you can get more information how Gordo first came up with the idea for Epic Camp, and even for you who already know what Epic Camp is I recommend that you visit the site to see all the great pictures http://www.gordoworld.com/alternativeperspectives/2007/09/baron-on-epic-camp.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (GordoWorld Team)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19913083.post-635014650556465157Fri, 31 Aug 2007 22:25:00 +00002007-08-31T10:15:39.640-06:00 I hope that you enjoy this article -- this is a very interesting concept that Terry shared with me last year. He's taken to time to write up his thoughts, more fully, for us here. You can contact Terry through his website, linked below. g Terry Kerrigan and Dr. Philip Skiba Introduction: We should probably introduce ourselves, and let you know why we are writing this together. Terry is an http://www.gordoworld.com/alternativeperspectives/2007/08/power-reserve.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (GordoWorld Team)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19913083.post-4538544253908153192Mon, 13 Aug 2007 15:34:00 +00002007-08-14T11:57:54.348-06:00 Jeff Shilt, M.D. Over the past few years, I’ve tried different running approaches to get faster. This year, I’ve concentrated on running the back half of my runs faster than I do the front half. This pace can be different from session to session, but I try to always negative split the “effort”. I want to state right from the start that I know very little about poker, so if I don’t represent http://www.gordoworld.com/alternativeperspectives/2007/08/poker-pacing.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (GordoWorld Team)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19913083.post-1939901638375279756Thu, 09 Aug 2007 17:49:00 +00002007-08-09T13:25:44.610-06:00Sam Doolittle When you see little 2-4 seat planes flying around in the sky, they are mostly flying under what is known as Visual Flight Rules (VFR). That means that the pilot is doing most of his flying and navigating by looking out the window. Many of the small changes in the plane’s attitude (banking, climbing, etc) are preformed by feel and by looking out the window at the horizon. The term http://www.gordoworld.com/alternativeperspectives/2007/08/instrument-training.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (GordoWorld Team)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19913083.post-2590512333427305517Mon, 06 Aug 2007 15:43:00 +00002007-08-08T09:23:00.614-06:00Part 1: Long Term Athletic Development Alan Couzens, MS (Sport Science), CSCS, PES The most frequent quandary I have witnessed as a coach and an observer of elite coaches over the past 10 years relates to the fundamental questions of ‘how much?’ & ‘how hard?’. The best coaches that I have seen seem to have an innate sense of appropriate volume and appropriate pace based on the developmental http://www.gordoworld.com/alternativeperspectives/2007/08/daniels-running-formula.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (GordoWorld Team)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19913083.post-2985874574766772899Wed, 25 Jul 2007 23:19:00 +00002007-07-26T13:28:53.507-06:00Part 2: Specific Preparation Alan Couzens, MS (Sports Science), CSCS, PES The term ‘General Preparation’ is used ad nauseum in popular periodization and training methodology texts. However, when it comes to the application of a general preparatory phase, few coaches compare to the literal application of Sir Arthur Lydiard. Lydiard had all of his athletes, from 800m track stars to world class http://www.gordoworld.com/alternativeperspectives/2007/07/lydiard-method-scientific-perspective.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (GordoWorld Team)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19913083.post-3971705860408680266Tue, 17 Jul 2007 20:59:00 +00002007-07-20T19:15:25.570-06:00 My Triathlon Career, From The Beginning Until Now So, the first article told you a little how I grew up and it ended when I during my military service, just had learned how to swim freestyle, and I had meet a running coach who had brought me out to some running races where I did pretty well. This happened 1998 when I was 20 years old. So with this article I will finished up writing about my http://www.gordoworld.com/alternativeperspectives/2007/07/clas-baron-barjorling-part-two.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (GordoWorld Team)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19913083.post-1894451695678827367Wed, 11 Jul 2007 01:24:00 +00002007-07-20T14:13:33.769-06:00 Sam Doolittle In a little under two months, I will be competing in my 7th Ironman Canada. I plan on taking a break this year meaning I won’t be signing up for next year the day after the event. It is not that I don’t enjoy this any more. Quite the contrary. I still love the training and seeing its effects on my body. However, I have found that six years of giving up (and, more importantly, my http://www.gordoworld.com/alternativeperspectives/2007/07/what-i-wish-i-knew-6-years-ago.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (GordoWorld Team)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19913083.post-91903521811210017Mon, 02 Jul 2007 22:31:00 +00002007-07-08T07:10:38.802-06:00 About My Life Before I Started With Triathlon This is the first of a series of articles I’m going to write, the articles will be mainly about my life and different things I have learned over the years both in and outside the sport. I will try to come out with a new article every month with different topics. The first article will be about my life before I came into triathlon, just so you get ahttp://www.gordoworld.com/alternativeperspectives/2007/07/clas-baron-bjorling-part-one.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (GordoWorld Team)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19913083.post-8100593274091958219Mon, 02 Jul 2007 15:06:00 +00002007-07-26T14:00:52.575-06:00 My interest in endurance sports came relatively late in life. As most of us who have traveled the medicine path, my successes in life to this juncture have been academic and the result of consistent work over a prolonged period of time, a common theme you hear in the pursuit of most worthy goals. My athletic success follows that same pathway. Since joining the faculty at Wake Forest upon http://www.gordoworld.com/alternativeperspectives/2007/07/dr-jeff-shilt.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (GordoWorld Team)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19913083.post-7243586083565902495Mon, 02 Jul 2007 14:35:00 +00002007-07-05T11:16:28.096-06:00Tips to Help Prevent Gastrointestinal Breakdown Jeff Shilt, M.D. After months of training your heart, body and mind for 140.6 miles of swim/bike/run, GI shutdown is the last thing you want to end your day. That said, a disappointing number of race experiences are summarized as “sick and on the side of the road.” This is a remarkably common problem among athletes who experience difficulties http://www.gordoworld.com/alternativeperspectives/2007/07/science-behind-race-day-nutrition.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (GordoWorld Team)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19913083.post-5365869968890635373Tue, 26 Jun 2007 14:40:00 +00002007-07-08T07:04:02.800-06:00Part 1: The 100 mile week Alan Couzens, MS (Sports Science), CSCS, PES So often, in the quest for peak athletic performance, ground-breaking discoveries are made by coaches long before sports science is able to ‘validate’ their effectiveness. The great Arthur Lydiard, perhaps epitomizes this better than any other modern coach. Arthur’s core precepts such as the 100 mile week, the hard-easy http://www.gordoworld.com/alternativeperspectives/2007/06/lydiard-method-scientific-perspective.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (GordoWorld Team)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19913083.post-257584587955480103Fri, 15 Jun 2007 14:55:00 +00002007-07-26T14:02:11.562-06:00My coaching background is in elite swim coaching at the National and International level with various Australian swim programs. I have, at various points in my coaching career, worked with & studied under: Doug Frost (former coach of Ian Thorpe)Bill Sweetenham (former head coach of the Australian National Team) Gennadi Touretski (coach of former 100m world record holder, Alex Popov). I swam http://www.gordoworld.com/alternativeperspectives/2007/06/alan-couzens-endurance-corner-coach.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (GordoWorld Team)