TRAINING GUIDES

Keep your bottle

Keep your bottle

Certain vintages of runner will remember the old platform computer games. As you navigated through pixelated obstacles, there was the shrinking health bar at the bottom of the screen. Trail...

Keep your bottle

Certain vintages of runner will remember the old platform computer games. As you navigated through pixelated obstacles, there was the shrinking health bar at the bottom of the screen. Trail...

Injury interrupted training

Injury interrupted training

As runners we tend to put an awful lot of pressure on ourselves when training for a big race. And the more time and effort that is required to train...

Injury interrupted training

As runners we tend to put an awful lot of pressure on ourselves when training for a big race. And the more time and effort that is required to train...

Getting it done

Getting it done

You know that book of excuses. Not the one with the really lame ones in, like; “the dog ate my trainers” or “my favourite t-shirt’s in the wash”. I doubt...

Getting it done

You know that book of excuses. Not the one with the really lame ones in, like; “the dog ate my trainers” or “my favourite t-shirt’s in the wash”. I doubt...

Running: Hill workouts do it all!

Running: Hill workouts do it all!

Hill workouts can boost your running economy, functional strength, neuromuscular activation, lactate threshold and VO2 max. Who doesn’t want all that? The length of the hill, intensity of the effort...

Running: Hill workouts do it all!

Hill workouts can boost your running economy, functional strength, neuromuscular activation, lactate threshold and VO2 max. Who doesn’t want all that? The length of the hill, intensity of the effort...

Why the long run is essential

Why the long run is essential

Long running is what makes a marathon runner. It’s as simple as that. If I were to prioritise my top three runs during an average week of marathon training they...

Why the long run is essential

Long running is what makes a marathon runner. It’s as simple as that. If I were to prioritise my top three runs during an average week of marathon training they...

Where should your recovery focus be?

Where should your recovery focus be?

Many of us plan those weekly hours where we nail ourselves in the name of sport, but it’s rare that we properly plan our recovery. Often it’s skipped, compromised or even ignored completely because...

Where should your recovery focus be?

Many of us plan those weekly hours where we nail ourselves in the name of sport, but it’s rare that we properly plan our recovery. Often it’s skipped, compromised or even ignored completely because...