Welcome to the first episode of Race Ready, the podcast for Nordic skiing and biathlon coaches, athletes, and performance-minded endurance nerds. In this premiere, Olympic XC Skier Andy Newell and U.S. Biathlon coach Brian Halligan dive into the essential—but often overlooked—tool in high-performance sport: the training log.
We break down how training data, from volume and intensity to subjective feel and recovery markers, becomes a powerful resource when used correctly. Whether you're coaching juniors, racing on the World Cup, or training for your next big goal, we explore how detailed record-keeping can shape better decision-making, planning, and evaluation.
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Whether you’re coaching a team, self-coaching your season, or just looking to get more intentional with your training, this episode will give you a foundation for how to make the most of your training log—and how to use it to get Race Ready.
