by admin | February 11, 2021 | Brain Safe, Training
I just can't cope! You know that feeling you get when you can’t cope? That feeling of being overwhelmed where the smallest thing triggers an internal explosion that sooner or later you just have to let out – usually by shouting and screaming at someone! You...
by admin | December 18, 2020 | Training
Change is good If you are anything like me as a runner, you’ve tried to make some kind of ppositive change to your running form. Often though, the change doesn’t stick and we get frustrated and fed up and think we are failing because that guy on YouTube...
by admin | December 17, 2020 | Training
Learning to swim Back when I was a small child living on the West coast of Scotland, we had a neighbour who was an ex-swimming coach. We lived in a tiny community of less than 10 houses, so everyone knew each other and not longer after we moved there we soon got to...
by admin | December 7, 2020 | Training
I’ve been there… I started running at 38 years of age, in August 2009. I was a non-runner, overweight and incredibly unfit. Zoom forwards ten years and I’ve placed first in a 10k; first in a 12-hour endurance race; placed 3rd two years in a row in a 24-hour...
by admin | November 19, 2020 | Fluidity, Training, Warm Up
"My muscles feel so stiff!" When was the last time you had this thought? Was it this morning when you walked down the hall for breakfast? Was it during the first 10 minutes of your run? Was it just now as you sat down (or got up) to read this article? I wrote the...
by admin | November 3, 2020 | Training
Tee hee hee Yes I know, it’s a funny word. My 10 year old thinks it’s hilarious and I do still smirk a bit when talking to my athletes about doing a fartlek session! But in all seriousness, fartlek sessions are a brilliant way to train your brain and body in so many...
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