30 Seconds To Feeling Like You Have Control Again

Dealing with Pandemic Anxiety (or Race Day Jitters) Anxiety can take over without warning, and it can make you feel out of control. Your pulse quickens, your breathing gets shallow, and you start to feel like you need to move.  This is totally normal, as it is our body’s response to NOT GET EATEN! It’s a fantastic adaptation from back … Read More

Better, Faster Cycling Right Now!

Cycling Drills you can do right now to give you a leg up on your competition. It’s a little known fact that both pro/competitive cyclists and triathletes work drills to improve their cycling.  In fact, almost every Olympic or professional athlete you’ve ever heard of has most likely incorporated regular drill work to improve their performance.  Why shouldn’t you have … Read More

Coaching Videos For Your Body & Mind During The Pandemic & Beyond

You’ve asked and we are delivering!  Following are the links for three videos we’ve created just for you!  These videos were designed to enable you to feel good in your body while training, and to allow you to be present so you can have a chance to enter your “Flow” state on demand. Included are a Quick 5’ Pre-Workout Mobility … Read More

How to Motivate Yourself on those Cold, Gray Days

Find Motivation to Train in the Cold and Gray Days of Autumn and Winter In January, I’m always excited to kick-start my training as the march to race season begins.  For many long course and competitive athletes, we train year-round, periodizing what we do and blending our training into our life.  However, for those of you that aren’t nutters like … Read More

Perform Better!

With the Squat to Hamstring Stretch Last weekend I had the pleasure of once again attending the 3 Day Perform Better Summit in Providence, R.I.  This is three days of lecture and hands on training with some of the leading sports trainers, coaches, physical therapists and chiropractors.  These folks are all still learning and teaching, and I learn something new … Read More

Because it’s All About That Base…….

Welcome to Spring Training! Last Friday night, my evening started out with the Hall of Fame cyclist Lon Haldeman asking me and 42 other cyclists, “So how many of you have been riding 600 miles a week this winter?” Not a hand went up. He then followed up with, “Well, you’re about to this week, so listen up.” We were … Read More

New York City Marathon – Coach Clare’s Notes

The New York City marathon is less than three weeks away. By now, runners have put in some solid months of training. Some of them are winging it and just adding long runs to their usual running fun. Others have followed detailed programs designed for them, or that they found on the internet or through a book, and they’ve diligently … Read More

There’s a Gold Mine in Your Notebook

The post-race report is one of your most important tools for nailing your next race. It documents everything that you need to have in your next race plan for your best chance of perfect race execution. The more comprehensive your post-race report is, the better.  It’s amazing when we can sit down and review our plan-to-actual, make adjustments, implement them, … Read More

Planning Your Racing Season

Athletes that plan their race season have better results.  Period.  There will always be a wild card who wings it and succeeds, but for the rest of us, having a well-designed race season yields the best chance of reaching our goals. When planned correctly, a season including the use of some auxiliary races can help you measure and reach your … Read More