A New Practice for Performance Enhancement in Endurance Athletes

SO I’ve always believed in being different when it comes to training, since being average gets average results, not exceptional results. I’ve been training some people for a couple of years to compete in marathon and half-marathon races competitively, and have come up with some pretty unique training methods to get them to the finish line faster than everyone else. Here is an outline of some of the most effective methods for improving run performance for my athletes and recreational runners.

1. Run 30km in the first long run of the season with nothing but a bottle of Gatorade and a Mars bar. Bonking builds character, and once you start to hallucinate you don’t feel pain anymore.

2. Pre-race nutrition consisting of a Moutain Dew slurpee and an 8-ball of coke. Because nothing will make you feel invincible and increase neural recruitment like a few ounces of Columbian pure chased by pure sugar and coloring coursing through your veins.