In 2011 Vo2max Productions became a platform to publish, market, and distribute Sage Canaday’s book Running For The Hansons.

In 2012 Vo2max Productions coaching services came to fruition to help others achieve their goals in running.

Vo2max Productions is owned and operated by Sage Canaday. Sage has been a competitive runner for the last 14 years and has competed internationally in races.  As a 2-time US Olympic Trials qualifier, he was the youngest athlete in the 2008 marathon trials at the age of 21. Since then, Sage has gone on to run a 2:16:52 personal best in the marathon, and a 1:04:32 personal best in the half marathon. Sage has also proven competitive over 50k in his first trail race at the ultra-marathon distance.

Sage has learned from some of the best coaches and runners in the country. The cornerstone of his training philosophy, which has been influenced and refined by his experiences of being coached and running at the professional level, is based on individualized progression.  As a true student of the sport, Sage’s methods have also been influenced by the written works of world-famous coaches and exercise physiologists, including: Lydiard, Daniels, Pfitzinger, Cerutty, Wetmore, Coe, Vigil, Canova, Kellogg, and Benson. Sage believes that optimal training is both a science and an art, and realizes that each individual runner has unique strengths and potentials for improvement.

Any additional information about Sage can be found on his personal site.

Some of Vo2max Productions videos:

Natural Running Form: Sage’s clinic on how to work with your body rather than against it:

Running For The Hansons (video trailer)

Our latest video allows readers of the book Running For The Hansons to experience the content described in the story.  So here it is: “A Day In The Life”

Boston Indoor Games 2010 highlights: includes footage of Desiree Davila running a 3k! :

Boston Marathon workout: “1-2-3-4 miles” In this video Chad Johnson, Sage Canaday and Drew Polley run a total of 19 miles for the morning session…with 10 miles at 5:07 pace or faster!

Hanging out before the 2010 Boston Marathon: (calm before the storm!)

The Bloomer House tour (a title that really says it all!)

Vo2max Productions, LLC produces videos about running stars as well.  Here you will find an exclusive interview with Olympic hopeful and Hansons-Brooks Athlete Desiree Davila the week before she got 2nd in the 2011 Boston Marathon!

The video was featured on the popular running website LetsRun.com

Film, Production and Editing by Sage Canaday

Interviewer: Robert Scribner

From the backcover:

Running For The Hansons offers the reader a glimpse of what it is like to be a professional distance runner, to run in a major sponsor’s shoes, and to live a lifestyle structured around training and racing. It is a first-hand, exclusive account that delves into the elations, the disappointments and the re-discoveries of what it takes to be an elite, American distance runner.  The story provides a framework of The Hansons-Brooks Distance Project, a post-collegiate marathon-focused training group based in Michigan that was made famous by the progression of 2008 US Olympian Brian Sell.  Runners of all ages and abilities will quickly recognize that the thought processes of such athletes mentioned in the story can be applied to their own running.  The mega-mileage, 140-mile weeks and puke-inducing workouts and races that are discussed in the book are relative extensions from the challenges that any high school team, college cross-country team or marathon-training group must learn to conquer together.  As a collective whole, the sacrifice and commitment of each individual yields a camaraderie, synergy and motivation for the entire group to break through pre-conceived barriers (which are the very efforts demanded to achieve new personal bests!)  This is a story about dreaming big, following your heart and taking risks.  It is a story of triumphs, disappointments, and how one may find meaning and purpose in life through a “simple” passion for running.

Included in the contents are informative sections about training, racing, and what it takes to become one of the best marathon runners in the country.