Matt Hart owns and operates Coaching Endurance LLC, through which he’s helped hundreds of athletes reach a wide range of fitness and endurance goals. Initially USA Cycling Certified as a coach, Matt now works mostly with runners and multisport athletes. Matt resides in Utah and practices what he preaches as a professional ultrarunner for Mountain Hardwear and Montrail. For more information on Matt, follow him on Twitter @TheMattHart. To read more of Matt’s work pick up Trail Runner Magazine, where he writes the “Ask the Coach” column each issue.
What is it and how much do you need? Since 1960—when just 13 percent of Americans were obese and just 1 percent had diabetes—there has been a considerable effort to understand our obesity epidemic. Over 600,000 articles have been published…
Facts and Tips for Utah Athletes An unborn baby’s lungs are full of amniotic fluid. Before we exit the womb, we’re incapable of breathing so mom delivers the requisite oxygen through the placenta, but once on the outside…we’re on our…
Snow Season Trail Running My footfalls are measured but sloppy, uneven, and shorter than normal as I make my way up Grandeur Peak. Each step lands in a few inches of the eight percent density white gold that makes the…
Utah’s Growing Ultra Scene Pheidippides, the famed Marathon runner, was also the world’s first recorded ultrarunner. The often overlooked and dubious tale told by Herodotus claims Pheidippides ran from Athens to Sparta, finishing the day before his Marathon run. If…
6 Reasons the Answer is Yes Employing an expert to help you train smarter isn’t just for Olympic athletes—it can benefit anyone. Most of us are leading busy, goal-driven lives, and if athletic achievement is on your to-do list…
Living at the foot of the Wasatch Mountains gives us access to a veritable playground right outside our doorstep. Brigham Young was right when he said, “This is the place.” Today, it isn’t about the protection the mountains provide, but the…
Last August, I stumbled across the finish line of a 100k foot-race through the Wasatch mountains satisfied, but definitely depleted. The race director thrust a sweaty plastic bottle in my hands and told me, “Have a chocolate milk, it’s the…
What if I promised you a better workout in half the time of your daily one-hour run or bike? How about a better workout in just four minutes? I should probably feign embarrassment for sounding like an infomercial, but I…