Although it was a staple of P.E. lessons and sports for years, static stretching was put on the back-burner a few years back as the education from governing bodies and exams slowly changed to reflect more modern research and scientific…
When it comes to jokes between runners, there are few more common than those about stretching, or rather the lack thereof. Often it’s a combination of not knowing what to do, boredom and time constraints immediately after a run, but…
All runners have little complaints that may flare up now and then, or areas that may ache for a few minutes on a run every now and then, but most injuries are to a greater or lesser extent, avoidable. If…
There may come a time that you need to run twice in one day in order to reach your goals. They’re suited mostly to marathon and ultramarathon training, so this article will discuss the method looking through that lens. Here’s…
After your long training run, marathon or ultra, you may well have a fair bit of leg soreness from all the work you’ve done. Here are my tips to help you get back to normal that bit faster. Get…
None of us are perfect, and with running training being so nuanced due to so many variables, we’re bound to make a few mistakes. Here we’ll look at some of the common slip ups people make and how to avoid…
When people talk and write about habit change, we tend to think about dieting and New Year’s resolutions a lot of the time, but habit change goes way beyond the scope of an arbitrary date or what we eat. Let’s…
Often people in the fitness industry make wild claims that how you’ll get “shredded” if you do “insert oversimplified, unrealistic thing”. Luckily this doesn’t seem to be the trend with runners, as people get that you have to put in…
Injuries are almost inevitable when you’re a runner. But you don’t need to keep getting the same one repeatedly. This article was inspired by a conversation I had with a fellow club runner and is in no way a judgement,…
Let’s face it, stretching is the least enjoyable part of being a runner. Let’s look at how it can help you run faster. Why stretch? Not stretching will cause muscles to shorten and stiffen, which increases your likelihood of injury,…