Chris FitzSimons

- Once a D1 XCTF coach turned online running coach- High School National Champ - NCAA All-American (3 other dudes helped) - Villanova XCTF Alum

[Chris FitzSimons @fitzdistance]

The success of this past season was not possible without the selfless work of our student athletes and coaching staff!

Indoor season coming in hot! #movemountains

[NEC Cross Country @NECXC]

2️⃣0️⃣1️⃣8️⃣ NEC 🏃‍♂️ Coach of the Year is...

@MountXCTF's Chris FitzSimons 🙌 #NECelite

[Chris FitzSimons @fitzdistance]

Strength work is one of the highest ROI investments you can make as a distance runner.

Stop adding volume you can’t recover from.

[Chris FitzSimons @fitzdistance]

“I don’t have time to lift.”

I hear this from EVERY client

You’re right. You don’t have time to ADD strength training on top of your current running volume.

So stop trying to add it. Replace a run instead.

[Chris FitzSimons @fitzdistance]

Most 9 to 5ers would get faster and stay healthier running LESS and lifting MORE.

But we romanticize mileage. We count weekly volume. We compare Strava totals.

Nobody brags about their single-leg deadlift progression.

[Chris FitzSimons @fitzdistance]

The best training plan is the one you execute.
For most working professionals with serious running goals, that plan starts at 6am.

[Chris FitzSimons @fitzdistance]

After coaching hundreds of working professionals, I've noticed something: my most consistent performers are almost always 6am runners.

[Chris FitzSimons @fitzdistance]

But the real reason morning training works?
You actually do it.

6am runners have removed the variables that derail training. They've made their goals non-negotiable by scheduling them when life can't interfere.

[Chris FitzSimons @fitzdistance]

Want your kid to become a great runner? Encourage them to play soccer, tennis, basketball, go mountain biking, hike, and climb—let them enjoy these activities as much as they want until they specialize in one sport at the end of high school (even college)

[Chris FitzSimons @fitzdistance]

Its WILD to me people spend 10+ hours a week training to run a fast 5k - marathon, but never actually work on getting FASTER

[des_linden @des_linden]

@dana_gio6 Fellow countryman all had the opportunity to get it done at the trials. Said as a former alternate.

[Chris FitzSimons @fitzdistance]

@stevemagness the rail always opens. just have to be patient enough to wait for it!

[Chris FitzSimons @fitzdistance]

@amityathletics @coachjake1964 @SCCcommissioner Congrats @coachjake1964 !

[Chris FitzSimons @fitzdistance]

20,000 free chipotle entrees incoming

[Chipotle @ChipotleTweets]

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@USWNT's Twitter is dropping a code for *2,500 free Chipotle entrées when the team scores a key goal

*Full terms: https://t.co/U31U6Kh6Ct.

[Chris FitzSimons @fitzdistance]

@HFJumps Dude, we have to look out for the coaches who’s identity’s are wrapped up in coaching 14-18 year olds to state championships

[Chris FitzSimons @fitzdistance]

@wanderingdave Agreed…not having knowledge on some of his content, not sure if he is full of it or not

[Chris FitzSimons @fitzdistance]

If you devote your life to something, becomes easy to spot the grifter. I have no idea if huberman is or not)

You don’t have to look far to see folks in online run/sprint/s&c world who are full of crap. Never actually done anything, charging BOATLOADS of money for poor services

[Dr David Robert Grimes @drg1985]

Late to party on this, but just read that awful Andrew Huberman hagiography in Time. The implication some scientists don't like him because they're just too cautious is daft.

Here's a hint: Misrepresenting findings & evidence to hawk supplements is grifting, not science

[Chris FitzSimons @fitzdistance]

I feel attacked!

[Clayton Murphy @Clayton_Murph]

Credentials required to be a Twitter track coach:
• “Run in college” - D1-D10 doesn’t matter if it’s a level after high school your hired
• Makes tweets extremely complicated and complex - multiple lines, and big words
• Use “complex” heart rates and pace zones…

[Chris FitzSimons @fitzdistance]

It matters so much, but doesn’t matter at all.

[Jason Fitzgerald @JasonFitz1]

What's the most important lesson you've learned about running? If you could only tell a new runner one thing for them to be successful, what would it be?

[Chris FitzSimons @fitzdistance]

new study finds that being more athletic makes you a better athlete.

[Alex Hutchinson @sweatscience]

Plyometrics are as effective as supershoes for boosting running economy. But they're seen as complicated, time-consuming, and possibly injury-inducing.

-> new study finds that simply hopping on the spot is enough to trigger significant economy gains

https://t.co/n7rXJMAyXT