Scott McMillan : Endurance Junky

Another good week of training under the belt. The week consisted of 2×50 minute runs, 1×1:30, 1×1:05 and 1×2:00 hour long run half of it being on the very challenging Diez Vista trail at Buntzen Lake. I have never run on the Diez Vista trail before and wanted to do a little recon before […]

Good week of training. 5 solid days 3 being strength days, a Grouse Grind on Tuesday, Hill Repeats on Wednesday and a killer HILLY long run. The other 2 workouts were easy 50:00-1:10 minute runs. The long run was another classic Vancouver ultra training route the base of Grouse->Lynn and return to Grouse Chalet via […]

For me at this time of the year I use the Grind as my tempo training run. It is a great way to keep the HR close to threshold for 30-40 minutes with no real impact on the legs unlike a hard tempo run on the pavement. It also builds the strength that is necessary […]

When most people think of endurance they think of ultra runners, Ironman athletes or elite mountaineers but that is because they are not familiar with some of the most epic athletes the “long distance through hikers” they go relatively unnoticed in the mainstream media. They push beyond boundires none of us will ever come […]

The foundation of all mountain/trail runners diet should be the long run. More importantly the long hilly long run. This week was my first hilly long run in a very long time (an it wasn’t that hilly by any means but much more hilly than anything I have been doing). I did one of my […]

This summers is turning out to be my best summer since I was probably 15… no work equals lots of play. From Aug 2-8th I was in Alberta visiting my sister in Calgary who also had sometime off. She and her husband Chris managed to take us on some of the coolest hikes I have […]

I have been back for a week, but we left again for a wedding. The Europe trip was the best trip of my life. Tara and I did a quick rip around France and a little detour into Girona, Spain. My favorite part of the trip was probably the Alps (also because I asked […]

2 weeks of solid training. I managed 4 “high quality” workouts and feel great for once.
Last Saturday I managed to do a brick session with Cody which included a 3:00 hour ride followed buy a 30 minute run. During the run it felt very easy we were running slow mind you at 4:20/km pace but […]

Non eventful week of training. My legs were quite sore for almost a week after that hike! I really must have pounded them on the downhill. I did make a small amount of progress in my interval workout though. We did 5×1k with descending rest I managed 3:33, 3:28, 3:31, 3:34, 3:25 which is about […]

Last week was a much deserved recovery week after 5 weeks of solid training. My legs felt great on Sunday’s run so good I had to hold myself back, my knee seemed to bother me riding to work though I cannot tell if it is a bike issue because it does not bother me […]