By Darcie Murphy, CTS Ultrarunning Senior Coach Running cadence – or step frequency – is one of the fundamental components of running form. Many runners choose to focus on altering their running cadence to optimize form and mechanical efficiency. In some cases, training your run cadence may increase running speed, decrease injury risk, and …
By Jason Koop, Head Coach of CTS Ultrarunning Author of “Training Essentials for Ultrarunning” More than 40 CTS Athletes are gathering in the Chamonix for the 2024 Ultra-Trail du Mont-Blanc (UTMB) races, including the entire elite women’s podium from Western States: Katie Schide, Fuzhao Xiang, and Eszter Csillag. I have attended UTMB multiple times …
By Sarah Scozzaro, CTS Ultrarunning Coach, RRCA, NSCA-PT, NASM-PES Many runners experience tightness or soreness in their feet and hips at some point. Although self-care for runners can seem complicated, I want to give you a simple foot and hip mobility routine you can do at home – with minimal equipment – to help …
By Jason Koop, Head Coach of CTS Ultrarunning with CTS Pro Coach Jim Rutberg During almost any run or hike these days you’re bound to encounter someone doing the same activity wearing a weighted vest. Popularized by Crossfit boxes, mixed martial arts gyms, and boot camp-style exercise programs, “rucking” is a new name …
By Jason Koop, Head Coach of CTS Ultrarunning, author of “Training Essentials for Ultrarunning” Athletes miss training sometimes. They get sick, something comes up at work, there’s a family emergency, or any of life’s innumerable curveball. Reducing the number of training session you miss goes a long way toward reaching new heights in …
By Jason Koop, CTS Head Ultrarunning Coach, Author of “Training Essentials for Ultrarunning” For many athletes, tapering for ultrarunning can be a double-edged sword. On the one hand runners are happy about the reduced training load. On the other, they are sometimes anxious or distressed by the reduction in training volume. Athletes have two …
By Jason Koop, Head Coach of CTS Ultrarunning, Author of “Training Essentials for Ultrarunning, 2nd Ed” Part 1: Inside the High-Performance Team Now that the dust has settled after the 2024 Western States Endurance Run (WSER), I’ve been humbled by the outpouring of congratulations and gratitude from friends, family, colleagues, and of course, athletes. …
By Cliff Pittman CTS Coaching Development Director with CTS Coach Jim Rutberg We named the planning folder for our biggest ultramarathon race support operation to date “CTS Storms States”. I haven’t experienced anything like it since my Army days as Team Leader for B-1-142nd in Iraq in 2005-2006. It had hallmarks of a …
(Colorado Springs, CO – June 30, 2024) – Katie Schide (USA), Fuzhao Xiang (CHN), and Eszter Csillag (HUN) finished first, second, and third, respectively, at the 2024 Western States Endurance Run. All three athletes are coached by Jason Koop, Head Coach of CTS Ultrarunning, who integrated a network of registered dietitians, strength training …
By Andy Jones-Wilkins, CTS Ultrarunning Coach, 10-time Western States Finisher Anyone who has been running ultras for a while has, at one time or another, had to fight off the urge to quit. It is simply an inevitable fact of life that for most normal humans, after about 8 hours of running, hiking, crawling, …