Craig's Corner

December 18, 2008

Greetings,

2009 is fast approaching and I wanted to give all of the racing family a heads up about what’s in store for the New Year.

You can still go to www.NSCRacing.com for all of your racing needs, but there are only going to be four NSC Racing events for the season. The four races are…
-    June 6 - Adventure Omaha – “The Ultimate Urban.”
-    July 18 - Cornhusker State Games Adventure Race
-    August 15 – Xterra Triathlon
-    September 6 – Mud Run 09

The Points Series is still alive, but will not fall under the NSC Racing umbrella.

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Tiger Coaching

  

Tiger Coaching Winter Triathlon Training Camp
Jan. 10-11, 2009
Nebraska Wesleyan University, Lincoln
- Join us for a fun and informative weekend exploring the sport of triathlon, including hands on training in the pool, cycling and running. -
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Peaking for that "A" Priority Race

September 17, 2008
 
The adventure racing season is well underway and many athletes’ A-priority races fall in the next several months.  The peak period is when the athlete puts the final touches on his race preparation. Physiological adaptations that change most quickly are emphasized.  Generally quality is emphasized over quantity and adventure racing athletes focus on the one area of performance that will most affect racing performance. During the peak period, training is more specific to the demands of the race than at any other time.  Rather than determining specific physiological limiters and seeking to overload a single physiological system, we are simulating the demands of the race, bringing all the physiological systems into play.  In a sense, the peak period is when we teach the body, and the mind, to use all the tools we have built in the previous phases together.



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Proformance Physical Therapy Tip

 
SHIN SPLINTS
January 15, 2008

Training in the winter is hard anyway as it is usually cold, wet, and windy. It is also a time when fitness levels seem to decrease and the risk for injury rises. One of the most common injuries in the early training season is “shin splints” (aka: medial tibial stress syndrome). The term "shin splints" refers to pain along the shinbone (tibia) and is usually the result of an overload on the connective tissues that attach the muscles to the bone. Specifically, a muscle called the posterior tibialis is usually the culprit.