Articles by Matt Russ
Name: Mike Witt
Age: 40
Personal: : I am married to Natasha and we have one boy named Alex. We are adopting a little girl from China and hope to have her before this year is over.
Professionally, …
Name: Bob Evans
Race and Date: Beach Blast Olympic Tri
Race Placement/Time: 4th OA/1st Masters
Name: Sport Factory AR Team
Race and Date: C4 Adventure Race- 3/14/2009
Race Placement/Time: 2nd OA Co-ed
Tell us about your race (limit 250 words)…: We talked Jen Henry into doing her first AR and she was a …
by Coach Matt Russ
Your body type was primarily determined before you were born. When it comes to racing, lamenting your body type is futile and counter-productive. Cyclists can be particularly …
Team Sport Factory finishes up an amazing season with a grand total of…
28 World Championship Qualifiers
34 Wins
26 Podium (overall) Placements
132 Age Group Placements
South East Champions
With just over 50 team members doing the work this makes …
by coach Matt Russ
Fat is the enemy right? If you are trying to achieve a more effective power to weight ratio body fat is the ballast you want to drop, however, during endurance training and …
A well-designed base training phase is crucial for annual progress, but it is often taken for granted as the “easy” time of year. Base is, in fact, the time to address aerobic level fitness, strength, and technique. To make the most of your base phase, you may need to dispose of a few myths and rationalizations.
By Matt Russ
for Triathlete magazine
One of the hardest concepts for an athlete to understand and implement is base training. It is counterintuitive to run or bike slowly in order to gain performance later in the …
