Winter Training and Competition: "To Race or not to Race?"
RISE "PR" Destination Events For any high school runner interested in running PR’s, Boulder RISE will support the following events in addition to the local USATF meets at the US Air Force Academy. The University of Washington High School Invitational, 2/2-2/3/2018, Dempsey Indoor Arena, Seattle New Balance Nationals, 3/9-11/2018, New York Armory Simplot Games, 2/15-17/2018, Holt Arena Information The University of Washington Invitational is basically an open event, but the me
Congrats to All Turkey Trotters!
Congrats to our Age Group Winners and Placers at the Turkey Trot. This was, by the way, no way a “trot” and certaining not run by any “turkeys”! Let’s re-name it the “Fly Like an Eagle” or “Race Like a Cheetah”!
Age Group winners were:
Cassie Sterns (Ralston Valley/RISE), Claudia Burgess (Boulder High), Nell Rojas (RISE), Daniel Brown (RISE), Valerie Eipper (RISE), and Tracey Burnett (RISE)!
Second Place prize winners were: Isabella Bowland (Fairveiw High School/Nell Roj
Strategies for Racing NXR for Altitude* Trained Athletes
Train for a time 7-10 seconds per mile faster that your best “Altitude” Time. Do High-Intensity interval training should be no longer than 600-meter repeats. All intervals should be 2-10 seconds faster per mile than target race pace Do short race efforts Time Trials of less than 1600m Short “tune-up” races: 1600m or 3200m, avoid racing 5ks within 4 weeks before NXR. Racing at 5K distance at altitude will have a “de-training” effect for a sea-level 5k because you will not be a
