Skin to Boot 🥾
Bootpacks are too steep to skin, so racers must switch from skinning to booting. With practice, a bootpack transition can be done in a few seconds.
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Boot to Skin 🦿
Bootpack sections, especially in the sprint event, often end with more skinning. Transitioning from booting to skinning is the shortest transition and often only takes a few seconds.
Ski to Skin 🦿
At the bottom of each climb, a skimo racer must switch from uphill skinning to uphill skinning and do it in less than 60 seconds to be competitive.
Boot to Ski ⛷️
Exiting a transition zone 🛫
Regardless of the transition type, leaving a transition zone has a handful of common actions.
Do we have an effort bias?
In January, I started using Anki, spaced repetition software, to study for an exam. My first impression was negative. "This is too easy," I thought. "This can't be helpful."
But as I read more about spaced repetition, my initial reaction reminded me of how
How I Estimate Goal Times
If you run all out for 10 kilometers in 30 minutes, does that mean that you can run all out for 20 kilometers in 60 minutes?
No, but there is a way to make a decent estimate of a goal time.
How much of your training is bioavailable?
"More is better" is almost never the case. Like nutrients, the body can only absorb what it can absorb. Anything more than that dose is wasted or, worse, counterproductive.
The Basics of Basic Training Principles
To maximize performance, an athlete needs to do some anaerobic training. But to optimize the anaerobic benefits, an athlete needs to have an aerobic foundation. The bigger the base, the bigger the benefit. The bigger the benefit, the better the performance.
Does arduous exercise compromise immunity?
Originally published at Uphill Athlete in July 2020.
A recent article solicited opposing expert arguments about exercise and immunity. The researchers wanted to know whether “arduous exercise” compromises immune function. But for practicing athletes, the answer doesn’t matter. And it could be detrimental to know for sure.
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