http://www.endurancefactor.com/blog Professional Endurance Sports Coaching Tue, 25 Nov 2008 15:46:10 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Congratulations to Mike Alessio (3:22) and Charlotte Walsh (3:39) who both qualified for the Boston Marathon at Philadelphia last weekend.  Despite the cold conditions of 26 degrees at the start, both had great races. To make things more interesting Charlotte (pictured on the left with her friend Youlin) decided to run ... http://www.endurancefactor.com/blog/2008/11/philadelphia-marathon-boston-qualifiers/ Congratulations to Endurance Factor client, Martin Cox, for an outstanding showing at the 5th Florida State Championship Series race in Miami, Florida. Martin led most of the race and brought home his first win in the 2008 Florida State Series. He now sits in second place overall for the series ... http://www.endurancefactor.com/blog/2008/11/endurance-factor-client-wins-semi-pro-pro-race-in-miami-florida/ After the simple installation of the CinQo, I was anxious to use the device.  Over the last three weeks I have gotten to spend a good amount of time riding with the CinQo.  While plans are in the works by Quarq to develop their own computer, the Cranium, that integrates ... http://www.endurancefactor.com/blog/2008/11/quarq-cinqo-review-part-ii/ Quarq Cinqo - First Impressions There is no better way to monitor intensity while riding and analyze fitness than by using a power meter.  The problem has been that the available powermeters on the market have been a bit unreliable, overly complicated, or incredibly expensive. The three main options have been ... http://www.endurancefactor.com/blog/2008/10/quarq-cinqo-powermeter-review-part-i/ The third Florida State Championship race took place this past weekend, and, once again, the Endurance Factor athletes had a very impressive showing. To start things off, the Endurance Factor Elder team consisting of clients Martin Cox, Char Fosmoe, and Jamie Knight, competed in the Team TT competition. They pulled ... http://www.endurancefactor.com/blog/2008/10/endurance-factor-team-and-clients-prove-to-be-unstoppable-at-the-third-florida-state-championship-race-in-tallahassee-fl/ The Endurance Factor Team, based out of Florida, has taken an early lead in the team race for the Florida State Championship Series (FSC). For those of you unfamiliar with the FSC, it is a mountain biking (yes, there is mountain biking in Florida!) series consisting of 8 races that ... http://www.endurancefactor.com/blog/2008/10/endurance-factor-team-clients-leading-the-florida-state-championship-series/ This past weekend I had the opportunity to compete against some of the legends in the sport of mountain biking. I didn’t expect too much when heading down to Farmington, NM for the 2008 Road Apple Rally, but when I rolled up to the line there were two very familiar ... http://www.endurancefactor.com/blog/2008/10/riding-with-the-legends/ Congratulations to Endurancefactor athlete Sam Pasceri who finished his first double Ironman distance triathlon over the weekend!  What is a double Ironman?  Take a regular Ironman and double the distances: that is 2.8 mile swim, 224 mile bike, and 52.2 mile run.  Oh yeah, and you have 36 hours to complete ... http://www.endurancefactor.com/blog/2008/10/double-ironman-finisher/ Recently I had the opportunity to take a tour of the Reynolds wheels facility in Salt Lake City Utah.  While not quite as well know as other wheel manufactures, Reynolds makes some of the lightest and strongest carbon wheels on the market.  Rather than make race light race day only ... http://www.endurancefactor.com/blog/2008/08/reynolds-wheels-factory-visit/