Speedwork for Ultras
Putting in the miles should allow you to finish an ultra, but mixing up your training will help you finish strong. Logging volume with plenty [...]
Tapering for the Marathon!
You’ve dedicated months of your busy life training for this marathon. You’ve got up early, gone to bed late, sacrificed your Sunday morning lie in [...]
What should I be doing when it comes to marathon training?
If you're working with a coach you'll have your workouts/sessions lined up for you on a weekly basis but if you're going about your marathon [...]
5 Tips for Marathon Training!
Whilst living and training with the Kenyan marathoners I began to really see the differences in how they do things to how we do them. [...]
Want to improve as a runner? Slow Down!
Want to improve as a runner? Slow Down! I keep harping on about slowing down.. Ask most of the athletes I coach, if there's one [...]
Kenyan Ultra Runners – Part 5
Team Update !! Back In April training was going smoothly, the only issue were the long runs, the guys were asking for money for [...]
Kenyan Ultra Runners – Part 4
March Update! By March the guys were well and truly underway with their training. They would follow a fairly similar plan which consisted of [...]
Kenyan Ultra Runners – Part 3
The Trial Ends, The Future 100k Record Breaker, Our First Female, And The Experienced One! The final two hours went pretty much exactly as I’d [...]
Kenyan Ultra Runners – Part 2
Meeting Arnold & The track Trial. When Coach John Ewoi told me he had Arnold Kibbet travelling 8 hours to meet me I wasn’t convinced [...]
Kenyan Ultra Runners – The Beginning!
The Kenyans have been dominating distance running for some time now. It’s fairly safe to say that they are the best at what they do. [...]
The British Spartathlon Team Race Report 2017
The Spartathlon... The ultimate ultra-distance race, the iconic race that makes grown men cry, over a quarter of runners standing on the start line will [...]
Proper Running Biomechanics
Proper running biomechanics is something many running coaches are hesitant to discuss. Years of observation, trials, and science leave excellent runners still debating how to [...]
How does altitude training work?
Altitude training has become very popular with endurance athletes and it is almost a necessity to be at the top of your running game. Unfortunately [...]
Stretching For Runners
Static Stretching for Runners When you first start out as a runner, you will probably think about stretching. It seems like the standard advice to [...]
Why Undertraining Is A Stressor
Why Under-Training Should Be a Concern Over-training has always been a concern for coaches of dedicated athletes. The mantra of “no-pain, no gain” and the [...]