The athletes I work with don’t run enough. The reason the two athletes, Sara and Renee, didn’t run more this past season was due to training age (Sara) and history of injuries (Renee). Sara will need to train more and train harder in the coming year and Renee has now been injury free [...]
Planning the Macrocycle: Volume, Part 1
August 9th, 2009 · · Coaching
Tags: macrocycle·Renee Mativier-Baillie·Sara Vaughn·training volume·volume
Two great performances in Europe
July 16th, 2009 · · For Everyone, Race Videos, Videos
Yesterday was a big day…first day of the 2009 edition of the Boulder Running Camps, but also two great races for Sara and Renee. I have yet to find race video for Sara, but she ran 4:11.39, a three second PR. This was the race that she and I were really hoping for [...]
Tags: renee·Renee Mativier-Baillie·Sara Vaughn
USATF analysis
June 29th, 2009 · · For Everyone, Race Videos
Preface: I obviously put off this post because the weekend wasn’t fantastic, yet I’m also worried that it’s somewhat self absorbed to spend a whole post talking about my thoughts on Sara and Renee’s weekend. Feel free to comment below if this type of post is annoying, inappropriate or just plain boring.
Question: What did [...]
Tags: Renee Mativier-Baillie·Sara Vaughn·USATF Outdoor 2009
Live to fight another day
June 26th, 2009 · · For Everyone
Sara ran well in the first round of the 800m last night at the USATF meet in Eugene. She runs again tonight and you can watch it live here. Renee ran the 1,500m and didn’t run the last 200m well, yet she runs the 5,000m tonight. In both cases I’m sure some [...]
Tags: 800 prelim·ren·Renee Mativier-Baillie·sara·Sara Vaughn·USATF
Summer General Strength Progression – Part 3
June 17th, 2009 · · Training Videos, Videos
Many of you were asking for it and it’s here – Part 3 of the Running Times series. Click here for the progression. Enjoy!
Tags: cannonball·Cannonball cool-down·Pedestal Leg Lifts·Running Times·Sara Vaughn·Sara Vaughn Adidas
A PR by only two one hundredths…
June 10th, 2009 · · Race Videos, Videos
but a very important step in Sara’s development (2:04.75). A couple days before the race I simply asked her what she was thinking in terms of a race plan. “Sixty point.” Saying sixty point and 1:30-1:31 is one thing; doing it is another. The next day she rabbited the first 800m [...]
Tags: 800m PR·Hayward Field·OTC·Sara Vaughn
Speed Development: Part 3 and 4
May 17th, 2009 · · Training Videos, Videos
Sprint drills are a realistic part of any runner’s training, yet if you do them you need to do them with maximal attention – sloppiness is far from Godliness here.
Rather than tell you what’s important, please watch the videos and then feel free to ask your questions below. Enjoy.
This video is the “meat” of [...]
Tags: 1500m·Sara Vaughn·speed development
Three weeks of Training and Racing: Part 2
May 11th, 2009 · · For Everyone
Below are the documents detailing all of Sara Vaughn’s training over the three weeks from April 20th to May 10th. No doubt there are some typos in these documents, but if Sara can deal with them then hopefully you can to
All documents are PDFs and can be downloaded by clicking the links [...]
Tags: 1500m·1500m training·Sara Vaughn·weight lifting for runners


