Wednesday, June 24, 2009

Elite Running Coaches to Offer Training Talk at Boulder Running Company

Boulder, CO, USA - Internationally known running coach Bobby McGee and world champion marathoner Mark Plaatjes will host a discussion on run workouts and run training this July at Boulder Running Company. McGee and Plaatjes will discuss what road runners and triathletes can learn from each discipline's unique approach to run training.

Bobby McGee and Mark Plaatjes
Run Workouts for Runners and Triathletes
Wednesday, July 1, 7:15-8:15 pm
Boulder Running Company
2775 Pearl St # 103, Boulder, CO 80302
boulderrunningcompany.com
(303) 786-9255

Free event

Discussion topics will include recovery vs. frequency, quantifying runs, crosstraining, periodizing training, and developing the abiliity to surge and attack.

All too often, runners and triathletes reach a plateau in fitness because they do the same type of training, week after week. To see improvements in fitness, athletes need to vary the kinds of workouts they do. This means mixing up endurance runs with hill repeats, intervals, and track workouts.

McGee has teamed up with Plaatjes to give runners of all levels a complete collection of workouts and training plans. Run Workouts for Runners and Triathletes is the perfect tool for self-coached athletes to add variety to their training.

Run Workouts for Runners and Triathletes features 21 training plans for all the most popular race distances; 5km, 10km, half-marathon, marathon, Olympic-distance triathlon, half-Ironman, and Ironman. Each plan offers three performance levels, and McGee explains precisely how runners can determine their training paces and balance hard days with easy days.

McGee offers new takes on the workouts all runners and triathletes should practice and master. Each training plan incorporates 80 fresh and challenging workouts including endurance runs, intervals, hills, Yassos, and a variety of tests and bricks. Runners and triathletes can pepper these workouts into their own training plans. Run Workouts for Runners and Triathletes is available now in bookstores, tri and running shops, and online. Autographed copies will be available at this event through Boulder Running Company.

Bobby McGee is an internationally certified track and field coach whose athletes have produced world records, won world championships, and been consistently ranked amongst the best in their events. He coaches runners and triathletes, and has worked with USA Triathlon preparing athletes for the 2004 and 2008 Olympic games. For more information on Bobby, please visit bobbymcgee.com.

Mark Plaatjes is the 1993 Marathon Gold medal winner at the World Track and Field championships. In addition to being a world champion, Mark's running record includes a win at the 1991 Los Angeles Marathon and a 6th place finish in the 1993 Boston marathon. Mark owns a private physical therapy practice and specializes in treating runners and athletes. He currently lives in Boulder, Colorado, and coaches recreational and elite runners.

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