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By: Ellie Wardell I want to kick off my Blog posting saga of the 2026 race year with a recollection of my Boston experience. After finishing the race and sitting in the memory of what once was, I wish I could bottle the feelings, emotions and visual/auditory experience of a Boston -
By: Mike Limerick Around 2020, I started noticing pain in my right arm. It would run from my shoulder blade down into my hand. It came and went, so I didn’t think much of it at first. I figured it was posture, overuse, or something I could manage. So I did -
By: Jeremy Sikkema In the world of triathlon, athletes obsess over aerodynamics, carbon wheels, and aero helmets. But there is one performance factor that costs nothing, takes less than five minutes to optimize, and can deliver real speed gains: proper tire pressure. For many triathletes, “pump it up to the max -
What an athlete consumes before an event could mean the difference between making the podium or not! It is important to adequately fuel your body and avoid any negative effects such as GI upset or feelings of sluggishness. Eat to Meet Your Needs Fueling for an endurance event will look -
Maggie Harma goalkeeping for the Wayne State College Wildcats. It’s no secret that high-level training, proper conditioning, and resilience will contribute to the creation of an above-average athlete. Three local soccer players made that commitment years ago when they began training with Athletic Mentors. Besides having strong dedication to their -
Athletic Mentee Cole Kuehl is putting the “multi” into “multisport.” The Gull Lake grad was recruited by Wisconsin Lutheran College to play not just one, but two of the sports he’s loved since the 8th grade: football and track. It’s an unusual scenario because most college-level sports programs demand focus
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What do the Winter Olympics, the KOHA, and Athletic Mentors have in common? They’re scoring awareness for the sport of Girls & Women’s hockey. This summer, Division I Northeastern Husky Forward Tessa Ward will suit up to help coach Mark Olson lead Athletic Mentors’ first Ladies Dryland Summer Training Camp.
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AM Hockey operates summer hockey camps in dryland training shown here at the Richland facility, as well as on-ice speed skating and skill drills. Coach Mark Olson pictured during K-Wings workout. Olson will now also head the Wings West off-ice training programs. Come September, young athletes in Kalamazoo will be
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