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Tim Hola to Speak @ Endurance Conference

Tim Hola, 11 time Hawaii Ironman finisher, Timex Team member, and one of Outside magazine’s 2008 “Fittest Real Men in America” presents: The Trying Times of Triathlon–Managing work, family, and training.

Tim joins an elite lineup of coaches, athletes, and therapists for the first annual Colorado Endurance Conference on March 13th @ The Denver Athletic Club!

Unruly Workouts

3 sets, 15 reps, 2 days per week, for 6 weeks, and then change ever so slightly and repeat.  Does it work? Yes.  Is it fun?  It is for Type A automatons.  I prefer a bit more rebellion in my routine.  Maybe it’s because I jump through enough hoops in a day and I prefer not to do the same thing during my precious personal time.  So I stopped!

Why commit to something you disdain?  Think of your workday like a school day in third grade.  Cursive writing for 40 minutes, and then spelling, and then environment class, and then… Ever see a child get bored with recess?  Some of you have, yes, I know.  But most kids don’t.  You know why?  Because it’s the one time of day that they do whatever they want to do!  And do they play on the monkey bars the entire time!  NO!  They run constantly from 4-square, to tag, to the slide, back to 4-square, and they don’t stop, and they laugh the entire time!  Do that!

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Barefoot Running–Panel Discussion

Finally, a panel discussion on running barefoot!  Is it good for you?  How do you start?  Who should and shouldn’t do it?  Scott Poston will pose objective pro and con questions to Jim Hooper–Physical Therapist & Personal Trainer, and Alan Culpepper–2 time Olympic runner and shoe store (Solepepper Sports) owner at the Colorado Endurance Conference on Saturday, March 13th.  Submit your questions to be asked at the discussion!