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Coach on October 12, 2021 at 8:24 am · in reply to: If You Can’t See your Training Plan Yet/Want to Change Plans #57962

Hello Ginga! I saw that last night-you should be able to see your plan now 🙂

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Coach on October 11, 2021 at 6:27 pm · in reply to: HR Drift Test #57942

So awesome to hear you have improved this much!! Nice job 🙂

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Coach on October 11, 2021 at 6:26 pm · in reply to: If You Can’t See your Training Plan Yet/Want to Change Plans #57941

Hello Jennifer,
I am going to delete everything you have in Training Peaks going forward. You can still re-apply the plan you already own later; they just won’t show up in daily training. Within the next hour or so, it should be back to normal!
Maya

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Coach on October 11, 2021 at 6:59 am · in reply to: WELCOME FUA GROUP #3 #57910

The password for the Vimeo videos should be in Training Peaks. Let me know if you can’t see them!

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Coach on July 29, 2021 at 1:21 pm · in reply to: What Plan for High School Cross Country? #56044

For now, I wouldn’t worry about putting him on a specific plan. As Scott said your son needs more time running longer distances at a lower intensity. I would encourage him to do bodyweight strength exercises a couple of times a week for injury prevention and mix up his training by doing both running and hiking. As you said, it is important to keep things fun and less intense at this age. If he enjoys other sports let him use that as cross-training (biking, soccer, skiing etc..). The biggest thing I would keep him away from as Scott mentioned is doing too much high intensity especially right before his XC season. Most of the important races are usually towards the end of the season so let him use the earlier races as his intensity training so by the end of the year he is at his fastest.

I hope that this helps and best of luck to your son!
Maya

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Coach on December 26, 2019 at 3:44 pm · in reply to: Iron Supplementation Protocol #35011

Hi Elliot,

I am one of the XC skiers Scott mentioned above who he coached through low ferritin. It is a very frustrating process that takes time and it took me months to find the right supplement that worked for me. I suggest trying other things until you find one that works well. I found a great supplement that I will link below called Thorne Ferrasorb. I am not sure if it is FDA approved but it was recommend to by a nurse and I have been using it for years now with great results. It took me about 4 months to figure out a supplement that worked well, that didn’t give me stomach ache and actually was absorbable by my body. The great thing about this specific one is it has Vitamin C, B6 and B12 all in the capsule. All three of these vitamins are crucial to iron absorption as you have probably already read. I still take it with food or else I do get a bit of a stomach ache but nothing too serious compared to other things I have tried. I did liquid iron for a while but it ended up getting iron toxicity so be careful with that type of supplement. If your ferittin doesn’t improve after a couple months I would recommend being tested for Vitamin B12 mutations. It turned out I don’t absorb most types of vitamin B which was preventing Ferittin build up. This pill however does have the specific B12 my body can absorb which is another reason I like it.

This can be a long process but don’t give up! You will feel so much better once you find the right supplement that works for you! I hope this is helpful and good luck!
Best,
Maya

https://www.pureformulas.com/ferrasorb-60-vegetarian-capsules-by-thorne-research.html