Can hiring a running coach make me faster?
This might seem like an obvious one, and to a degree you’d be right, but the way in which a coach can make you run faster may be less obvious. How do we run faster? There are a whole…
This might seem like an obvious one, and to a degree you’d be right, but the way in which a coach can make you run faster may be less obvious. How do we run faster? There are a whole…
Shoes, belts, shorts, tops, socks, underwear. Any of these items of clothing can be an asset or annoyance in your marathon. After what is at least 3 months of hard work and long runs building up to the big day,…
Whilst you may race many times per year, there are no doubt a couple of races which are most important to you, whether that’s because they’re flat and fast to run a PB, or it’s a challenging course that you…
Recovery runs are an important part of training, especially when clocking up a lot of miles, or several miles at high intensity. Let’s look at why we need to do them. Keeping fitness moving When we stress the body, in…
You’ve put in the hard work in training, so the last thing you want to do is mess it up by being unprepared or missing a trick. Logistics Let’s get the obvious stuff out of the way. Check everything. Date,…
Intervals and long runs. They have different purposes, so why put the two together? Read on and find out. From a physiology perspective, long runs are all about your aerobic fitness and muscle endurance, whilst intervals are more about how…
It’s not a commonly heard term, but it’s one few people forget once they’ve heard it. The word Fartlek comes from Swedish for “speed play”. Let’s dive into some more detail and see how you can you this training method….
Much is made of the effects of “fasted cardio” in the general fitness world, but is it better to run early or later in the day? First let’s get some facts here Is fasted cardio actually more beneficial for fat loss…
Running is mostly a solo sport unless you’re lucky enough to have a friend who enjoys it too, who can meet at the same times and has similar fitness or goals. Joining a running club is then a very appealing…
Not every run will be great. Some won’t even be good at all. You can however, turn it round and salvage even the most diabolical run. You’ve gone out with a session plan in mind. Maybe it’s to run a…