I am happy to premiere Couch to the Summit's new trail running live-action film "EC Manning - Skyline" featuring myself and my friend Brian Clements, as we team up to showcase the beautiful fall colours and the fantastic views along the Skyline Trail in the EC Manning Provincial Park, BC, Canada.
Howe Sound Crest Trail is the latest trail running live-action film, filmed and produced by Couch to the Summit's James Stewart. James' goal is to share the beauty of stunning mountain ranges across the world
Many endurance events are dominated by hardworking, high-achieving type “A” personalities possessing enormous work ethic, mental toughness, and willpower as positive traits, but also stubbornness as a negative one. Such perseverance and mental fortitude can be an athlete’s greatest strength.
High intensity plays a critical role in every endurance athlete’s training for peaking performance. It is an established sports science training principle that application of high-intensity aerobic training (Zone 3 and above) is most effective when an athlete has a strong base level of aerobic capacity.
This is completely dependent on the conditioning of the athlete and whether the athlete is considered aerobically deficient or not. This is also the secret sauce of coaching and is completely dependent on the athlete, their level of fitness, their short-term and long-term goals, and how they are responding to training.
Overtraining syndrome (OTS) is a very complicated and poorly understood form of fatigue that doesn’t respond well to just typical levels of sleep and minor reductions in training. OTS is very common because most athletes are not able to recognise overtraining until it is too late.
For many decades, a battle has raged in endurance sports about how much Capacity versus Utilization training is optimal for endurance performance. The debate surrounds how much of each form of training is appropriate when considering the high-level performance – and longevity – of an athlete.
It is sad when the world faces a pandemic situation, because many people will suffer and some of those people will die. It is important to be concerned and vigilant, but becoming panic stricken is going a step too far. The mainstream media is notorious for fear mongering and fanning the flames of worry, whether it is to increase revenue, or to influence people to act and behave in a certain way.
In this busy world, how does one break free from overwhelm that prevents getting started or taking action on dreams and goals? How does one find time and started with exercise, keeping healthy, or any other needed change?
Many endurance events are dominated by hardworking, high-achieving type “A” personalities possessing enormous work ethic, mental toughness, and willpower as positive traits, but also stubbornness as a negative one. Such perseverance and mental fortitude can be an athlete’s greatest strength.
For many decades, a battle has raged in endurance sports about how much Capacity versus Utilization training is optimal for endurance performance. The debate surrounds how much of each form of training is appropriate when considering the high-level performance – and longevity – of an athlete.
Kilian Jornet had never officially run a Vertical KM under 30 minutes before -- despite a handful of other European athletes having accomplished the feat – but he finally did so on September 17 2020 (the day prior to his 2020 Sierre Zinal victory), when he ran 29'51" on the Fully VK course.
As a race director what do you do when you’re running a multi-stage race, and the athlete who has dominated the opening three days with a healthy overall lead, misses a turn along with several other runners, running off course just two short km’s from the finish? This was the dilemma faced by Sean Greenhill of Mountain Sports during last weekend’s 40th running of the Bright Alpine Four Peaks
Photography and Film
I am happy to premiere Couch to the Summit's new trail running live-action film "EC Manning - Skyline" featuring myself and my friend Brian Clements, as we team up to showcase the beautiful fall colours and the fantastic views along the Skyline Trail in the EC Manning Provincial Park, BC, Canada.
Howe Sound Crest Trail is the latest trail running live-action film, filmed and produced by Couch to the Summit's James Stewart. James' goal is to share the beauty of stunning mountain ranges across the world
Couch to the Summit Performance Coaching client Cameron York had his races cancelled for 2020. Instead, Cameron and I decided he would participate in a solo race across the mountain trails of North Vancouver - from Horseshoe Bay to Deep Cove.
Tackling the Grouse Grind once is enough for most people. The Grind is a 2.9km trail ascending 810 vertical meters along the steep forest of North Vancouver’s Grouse Mountain. The Grind is a challenging workout not a scenic hike. Learn how I trained to accomplish 18 grinds in 19 hours over a ten-week training block.
Safety
Fall (Autumn) is an amazing time to be in the mountains. The colours are gorgeous, the temperatures are cooler and soft light makes for exceptional photography. However, the shoulder season is an incredibly dangerous time of year for tourists.
