You’re probably going to run in the rain and drink beer this weekend anyway – you might as well do it with us. Donner Party Mountain Runners presents our 3rd annual season-ending pub run on October 27, 2018. We’ll be running from Tahoe Mountain Brewing Company in Tahoe City to the Tahoe Mountain Brewing Co. – Truckee Brewery, Barrel Cellar, […]
Training
Highlights from the 5th Annual Congress on Medicine and Science in Ultra-Endurance Sports
Since 2013, a group of medical professionals and researchers have come together annually to discuss the best science and research regarding ultra endurance sports. I have been fortunate to attend four of the 5 meetings (I am still kicking myself for missing two years ago in Chamonix.) On the upside, this was the first year […]
Breaking Up with Running – Injury to Opportunity
On Wednesday, August 2nd at precisely 6:07AM, I pulled my right calf. Yes, I know the exact date and time because I was running with my friend, Cortney and we were heading up a hill just outside of the Donner Picnic Site to meet more friends, Audrey, Tiffany and JP, for a run on Drunken […]
Steps to Recovery and How to Recognize Signs of Overtraining
Today we will present some science, (thanks in part to US Military exercise physiologists), some experience and some gut feelings to know that it just works. Training is habitual, maybe two times per day you focus on fitness and forget about the greater part of training; that of recovery. Recovery is equally as important as […]
Ultra Meeting #1
By Dr. Andrew Pasternak, Silver Sage Sports & Fitness Lab On May 30, 2017 I had the pleasure of attending the Fourth Annual Congress of the Ultra Sports Science Foundation in Denver, Colorado. The Ultra Sports Science Foundation was founded by three incredible docs: Dr. Marty Hoffman, previous research director for the Western States 100, […]
How the body handles exertional heat stress, and how you can manage it
Several issues ago, we discussed over hydration and the problems it can cause, and how to avoid it. With the heat of summer on the horizon, and endurance running events held at altitude and higher temperatures, we need to acclimatize our bodies before jumping from the frying pan into the fire. Winter temperatures will soon […]
How to stay out of the medical tent
From a Medic’s point of view – Preparing for your racing season and “How to stay out of the medical tent” Most of you will start to build the miles before our snows start to melt up here in the Tahoe area if you haven’t already. As you work toward that 50 K, 100 K, […]
Spring Speed Sessions
It’s early season, and sometimes when you get up in the morning, your motivation stays in bed. For me, that seems to be most days, lately. That makes it pretty tough to get back in shape after a winter where most workouts consisted of a whole lot of shoveling. Fear not; I have the perfect […]
Winter Safety Awareness and Survival
As a member of the Tahoe Nordic Search and Rescue Team, I had the privilege today of joining other team members in educating fourth grade elementary school students at Incline elementary about winter preparedness, safety and survival. After a half an hour listening to our education impresario, Bernie Mellor, about what we do as a […]
90 Day Distance Running Injury Prevention Workshop – Bombproof Your Body
Hello Donner Party Mountain Runners! At the demand/request of our running community, I’ve created a 90 day workshop focused on developing fitness and strength and mobility and skills to get everyone bombproof for the summer/fall distance running season. NOW is the time to build the foundation, so we start running on a stable platform and […]
