58 athletes
Athlete spotlights
Real athletes on the 80/20 system — how they trained, what changed, and what happened on race day.
Karin Peters
Karin Peters is not the most likely of Boston Marathon and Ironman World Championship qualifiers. A 54-year-old mother of four, she did not participate in any
Damon Lebeouf
It is an under-appreciated fact of endurance training that you don’t need to wait for your hardest workouts, much less formal testing sessions, to know you’re
Charlotte Burleson
The following year, Charlotte discovered 80/20 Endurance, and she has since used our plans to complete two Ironman 70.3’s (knocking 30 minutes off her
Jacques Van Wyk
Some people start running because a friend talks them into it. Others start running on their own initiative. Jacques Van Wyk started running on doctor’s orders.
Chris DiRienzo
Many endurance athletes share a belief that volume and intensity are interchangeable in training. If you train hard enough, you don’t need to train a lot.
MEAUX REDHEAD
Many if not most 80/20 newbies find it hard to believe initially that training slower will help them race faster...
Cassie Wait
It has been said that childbirth is an endurance test unto itself. It certainly was for Cassie Watt, 37, who owns a toy and bookstore in Marblehead,
Winston Bryn
The typical Athlete Spotlight story goes something like this: An athlete trains too intensely and becomes injured, burned out, or frustrated. The athlete then
Paul Fitzpatrick
Paul Fitzpatrick’s athletic journey began on the high school gridiron. What he lacked in stature he made up for in speed and strength, allowing him to excel
Bob Willig
People take up triathlon for all kinds of reasons. Bob Willig’s reason was twofold: 1) He didn’t want to die prematurely of a heart attack like his father,