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Everyone wants results. I’m no different. I do love living vicariously through his runners – the excitement of their first race – the completion of their first marathon – a personal record time or distance – the first-time qualifying for Boston – the successful fitness test that launches a new career. I’m passionate about what I do.
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Some antiquated coaches profess “just do miles”. Unfortunately, it is neither as efficient nor as effective as doing “smarter miles”. In fact, research definitively indicates that higher rates of injuries are incurred with “more miles”. And more miles take more of your valuable time. There are plenty of training programs out there (they’re all over the web) but none coach you. If one size fits all, then everyone could follow these plans and would run as fast or as far as they wanted without injury or problem. Does “one size fits all” make sense to you?
I tailor programs to you, your life obligations, and lifestyle. I value your time like any business person should. So, workouts target specific paces and distances to get you where you want to go, as efficiently as possible. And they are based in the science of running – if you read this blog you know the difference!
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Send me your workout log (or online link), race times and goals. I will do a detailed training assessment; diagnose deficiencies; create a two month specific workout and training improvements for you to implement and get you where you want to go. $250
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For those in the Phoenix-Tucson metropolitan areas, I provide performance and training assessments; performance and training diagnosis and recommendations; month-to-month personalized performance improvement plan; calendar logs; combined with e-mail (unlimited) and telephone (unlimited) coaching support. In-person workouts are commonly arranged weekly or monthly. Prices vary on mutually agreed commitment.
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For the single race goal-oriented runner, I design training programs as a package. Along with training assessments, performance and training diagnosis and recommendations, unlimited phone and e-mail support; you are provided with training & race strategies specific to the course you will race on. Packages are $400-900 depending on lead time to the race (typical packages are 4-6 months).
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Do you have a difficult time staying focused in practice or races? Difficulties setting SMART goals? Does your self-talk undermine your performance? Do you lack confidence or wonder why you can’t “run your best” during races? You may benefit from a certified mental games coach. Take a look here and judge for yourself.
Keynote and Group Presentations
I keep presentations entertaining and informative! Lighten up and learn at the same time. I’m the right speaker for companies, teams and conferences for keynote addresses to break-out workshop sessions. You have youth athletes? I can reach them. Contact me directly for details. Ask how to use my presentations as a fund raiser for YOUR organization or team!
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I am in the Active Army as you may know about our Army Physical Fitness Test (APFT). We need to hit so many points in each event of Push ups, Sit ups, and the Two Mile Run. For males in my age group one must score 15:54 to pass well that does not satisfy me I strive for the 100% which is a 13:00 or better. While in South Carolina I was hitting 12:02 now in Colorado I am hitting a 13:41. Which angers me to know I can run faster but for some reason here no matter what I do I can not get my run time down. Even when there are some males here running 7-8 min miles. My goal is to hit that here and do better when I go back to sea level. What do you recommend I do to better my time?
A.D. – I know the standards well. I have trained people for vairous academies and my wife is a Col. Ret. from the Air National Guard.
You’re in Colorado not SC so my first guess is altitude. Here’s an excerpt from my coaching course on the topic of altitude:
For every 1000m (3281 ft.) in elevation you can count on a decrease in VO2max of about 10%. Both barometric pressure and oxygen decrease with a rise in altitude. Generally speaking, races 400 meters or less benefit at altitude. 2:00 or 800 meters seems to be a breaking point above which all times slow for all distances. Depending on the study, there is impairment on your performance of 5-7% at 7300 ft or about a 1% drop in performance for every 1000 feet above sea level. After 8000 feet of elevation however there is a dramatic decrease in performance.
EX: An 8:00 miler racing one mile at 3000 feet elevation could anticipate almost 15 seconds slowing (3 x .01 x 8 x 60 = 14.4 seconds) Novice runners will suffer more than elite runners. A sea level athlete will always be at a disadvantage to an athlete who trains in altitude in a high altitude race.
I know this is pretty general, so unless we performed an in depth assessment it’s hard to truly diagnose what is most likely the issue and so what may help you most.
I hope this helps at least a bit.
Coach Dean
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Hey Coach Dean – I heard about your book through a group on linked in and decided to mention it in my own forum at http://www.therunningbug.co.uk – you got two orders in the last hour – let me know when youre next in the UK and you can pay me my commission! haha – seriously, good stuff – would love to hear from you sometime – please join our site and can you help us to get started in the US?
best
johnnyg
Hi Again dean,
Now I found your blog via Joe English blog. I’m the swedish guy that asked about the skewd endurance profile. It was funny to read about the genetics part as I’m a molecular biologist by trade
I’m very interested in having you as a personal online coach. To which email do I send my workout log and stats?
Best regards,
Goran
Dean- I’ve enjoyed reading your posts. I’ll be linking more to my blog! Great, insightful information.
Dean,
Where can one do pool running in NYC? I’m desperate since various foot ailments have me off “real” running for a while.
Thank you!
Stephanie
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Hey Dean!
I just purchased a Globus unit from Hammer. I have run approx. 15 marathons (Q Boston twice – 3:27, 3:30) Also did my first Ironman in Austrialia last year. I seem to be having some issues with my soleus/calves, acheel. These seem to always be the first part of my body that breaks down when training. I want to learn how to utilize the Globus unit for optimum healing, rehab and building. Can you help me with this or suggest where to go? I just got on the yahoo/EMS groups. Could i pay you for services so that i could optimize my recovery and building? I look foward to hearing from you. Thanks!! Gary Bartlett
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Hi Dean — well researched blog!! Are you still coaching? I have been running for years but have never had a coach. Have been thinking about a bit over the last year and wonder if it might be time to give it a go…Steph