Athletics NI Zoom Coach Development Series - Dr Gareth Sandford

Athletics Northern Ireland

Anaerobic Speed Reserve  - Dr Gareth Sandford 
Dr. Gareth Sandford is a post-doctoral research fellow at the University of British Columbia based in Victoria, BC in collaboration with the Canadian Sport Institute Pacific, Athletics Canada, 94Forward and MITACS Canada. Gareth has been in his current role since January 2019 and joins Canada having completed his PhD on the 'Applications of the anaerobic speed reserve to elite 800m running,' a collaboration between Athletics New Zealand, High Performance Sport New Zealand and AUT University. His role included leading the endurance physiology support for Athletics New Zealand, as well as conducting a 6 ½ months International collaboration travelling 68,000km between 33 high performance track and field centres with Professional, Collegiate and Federation coaches and athletes. Since being in Canada Gareth has provided physiology support on 4 national training camps, including as Physiology lead for the St.Moritz altitude camp prior to the Doha 2019 Athletics World Championships. Gareth will discuss the need for speed in middle distance running and the key determinants of performance.

Athletics NI Zoom Coach Development Series - Dr Gareth Sandford

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