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How Do You Get To The Finish Line?
Eric Belliveau • March 28, 2017

Endurance training is synonymous with miles, and lots of them. Aspiring to take on your first 5k, set a PR in your next marathon, or survive a 3 day charity ride for cancer takes not only a commitment to completing the goal–it requires training.

Where do you begin? Do you say the heck with it and just lace up the shoes and go run for as long and as hard as you can? Do you say, “Eh, I’ve got this” and throw any idea of organized training out the window and hope for the best? Do you rely on a professional to help organize and structure training, taking into account your personal goals, level of experience, and time available to train?

The miles for most endurance athletes are not the problem. Getting from point A to point B is what we do. The trouble with getting from point A to point B is how the miles are managed and what is supplemented beyond the miles. Consider your personal training program. Are the principles of progression, specificity, and overload being applied? Are they being applied correctly? Are you adding in mobility, nutrition, strength, stability and recovery strategies? It’s a lot to think about. Do you have a reliable, knowledgeable professional you can talk to about your training? Maybe your head is spinning from reading too many blogs, magazine articles on quick fixes, or following Instagram posts from an overly fit runner sporting all the right gear on a picturesque trail with the sun rising.

Where do you begin?

How do you get to the finish line?

Allow me to bring you back to my first question. How do you get to the finish line?

This is exactly the question that led to the inspiration behind 18 Maple Endurance Training.

18 Maple Endurance Training is for the athlete looking to fully invest in their individual training journey with 1 on 1 coaching. Your miles and training strategy are managed specifically for you. 18 Maple is for the endurance athlete wanting to supplement their training beyond the miles with strength training and guidance from reliable, knowledgeable professionals. 18 Maple is for the endurance athlete just looking to sit down and talk about their current training program and how a few changes could take their training to the next level.

18 Maple Endurance Training was founded to provide endurance athletes of all disciples an opportunity to enrich their training with a philosophy that honors quality over quantity and individuality of training. Getting to the finish line is a not just a journey but a process. Trusting the process is critical to success. As an extension of Continuum Performance Center, 18 Maple Endurance Training is able to bring you a level of specialized training that caters to the process of endurance training. Miles are managed. Mobility and stability are addressed. Strength training is encouraged. Recovery and reload are vital. You will find it hard to find the same level of experience, attention, and collaboration from career professionals under one roof.

I’ll leave you with a new question.

How can 18 Maple Endurance Training get you to the finish line?

The Meat Hangover

By Eric Belliveau • October 7, 2020
When it comes to taking meat out of your diet, some people have the idea that they will only see positive changes immediately following this choice. While those positive changes are definitely part of the deal, so is an adjustment period for your body.

We're Trying

By Eric Belliveau • September 23, 2020
We were all thrown on this crazy ride together. Emotions were running high but so were patience, empathy, inclusion, and respect. Most of us could rally behind the #WeAreInThisTogether manta. We wanted to do right by each other - donate to charities, lend a hand, check-in on one another. Do our part. As the days turn to weeks and the weeks into months these dispositions decayed rapidly. I know that this Quarantine order has been going on for a long time. I know that a great number of us do not agree on the why. I know an even greater number of us are “over it”. I am painfully aware of the difference of opinions surrounding the pandemic. It is impossible to NOT be aware of this. This leads us all to frustration, anger, resentment, and the feeling that you are not being heard. Very real and very human emotions! It is okay to feel this way. I am not only writing this from the perspective of a fellow struggling human. I do find myself struggling with everything I mentioned above. Not just daily but multiple times a day. My ability to focus has been challenged by my worry. My ability to create time for myself and focus on self-care has been derailed for fear of other things becoming more pressing. I work on this every day. I am not only writing this from the perspective of one of the business owners who were never given a playbook for this. For weeks on end I thought WTF happened to the business and how would our model need to change and remain viable, how each business owner had to either weather a period in which we were completely shut down or allowed to operate under capacity restrictions, etc. The unknown of what the timeline would bring and whether we would be able to continue our dreams or make an extremely difficult decision of not continuing. This still haunts every one of us daily. I AM very much writing this as a service provider! I am writing this as an impassioned human who genuinely loves what I do for a living. I feel incredibly lucky to be able to have built a career surrounding something I get excited about every day. I am making a stand for all of us that make their living in the service industry. To the receptionist, hostess, waiter, cook, dry cleaner, teacher, technician, barista, utility worker, automobile service technician… It is truly impossible to be inclusive of everyone here.  No one human mentioned above asked for this ‘situation’ we are in. We are sure as hell trying to provide a level of normalcy, service, care, and happiness to the lives in which we choose to serve. With added restrictions, added expense decreased capacity and the fear of being fined or shut down for doing it incorrectly, everyday.

The Meat Hangover

By Eric Belliveau • October 7, 2020
When it comes to taking meat out of your diet, some people have the idea that they will only see positive changes immediately following this choice. While those positive changes are definitely part of the deal, so is an adjustment period for your body.

We're Trying

By Eric Belliveau • September 23, 2020
We were all thrown on this crazy ride together. Emotions were running high but so were patience, empathy, inclusion, and respect. Most of us could rally behind the #WeAreInThisTogether manta. We wanted to do right by each other - donate to charities, lend a hand, check-in on one another. Do our part. As the days turn to weeks and the weeks into months these dispositions decayed rapidly. I know that this Quarantine order has been going on for a long time. I know that a great number of us do not agree on the why. I know an even greater number of us are “over it”. I am painfully aware of the difference of opinions surrounding the pandemic. It is impossible to NOT be aware of this. This leads us all to frustration, anger, resentment, and the feeling that you are not being heard. Very real and very human emotions! It is okay to feel this way. I am not only writing this from the perspective of a fellow struggling human. I do find myself struggling with everything I mentioned above. Not just daily but multiple times a day. My ability to focus has been challenged by my worry. My ability to create time for myself and focus on self-care has been derailed for fear of other things becoming more pressing. I work on this every day. I am not only writing this from the perspective of one of the business owners who were never given a playbook for this. For weeks on end I thought WTF happened to the business and how would our model need to change and remain viable, how each business owner had to either weather a period in which we were completely shut down or allowed to operate under capacity restrictions, etc. The unknown of what the timeline would bring and whether we would be able to continue our dreams or make an extremely difficult decision of not continuing. This still haunts every one of us daily. I AM very much writing this as a service provider! I am writing this as an impassioned human who genuinely loves what I do for a living. I feel incredibly lucky to be able to have built a career surrounding something I get excited about every day. I am making a stand for all of us that make their living in the service industry. To the receptionist, hostess, waiter, cook, dry cleaner, teacher, technician, barista, utility worker, automobile service technician… It is truly impossible to be inclusive of everyone here.  No one human mentioned above asked for this ‘situation’ we are in. We are sure as hell trying to provide a level of normalcy, service, care, and happiness to the lives in which we choose to serve. With added restrictions, added expense decreased capacity and the fear of being fined or shut down for doing it incorrectly, everyday.
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