I hold several coach accreditations so I belong to several international forums where coaches discuss issues they have in their coaching practices. This question came through on one of the US forums and I thought I’d share my answer on enjoyrunning.net because it is a common enough issue that I encounter. I haven’t all the […]
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Cold dark wintry days make running outdoors challenging. We may be a little more careful about wrapping up well, warming up properly before heading out on runs, and ensuring we pay attention to post-run rituals. We may even turn our attention to strength and conditioning work. This blog post is a summary of 12 daily
New Year – Fresh Start Read More »
How do I fit all my training in? Part 2 – scheduling, concurrent training, periodisation. Now that we have considered the types of training to include in our plan, and how we monitor our response to training sessions and the recovery requirements generated, we need to think about exactly how to schedule and implement our
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Structuring Your Training Part 1 – the basics: training relevance, impact on recovery, managing recovery. Firstly – Congratulations! Simply knowing that our training as runners includes more than just running is a huge step in the right direction. Non-running sessions can serve to maintain our muscles, bones, and soft tissues; improve our flexibility, balance, and
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Deep Breathing can improve your recovery and quality of life We are alive, perhaps even running, so we definitely know how to breathe. Right? Well maybe… or maybe not! Many of us don’t even think about breathing. It just happens. End of story. We probably only notice it when we are running hard and gasping,
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Using our core musculature correctly is a HUGE issue for sports people. There is a lot of ‘stuff’ out there about core training. Some of it is excellent; some less so. There are now many pieces of equipment available to assist us in training our core, from relatively simple kit such as BOSU and Swiss
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Many individuals track their training. Fewer track their recovery. Tracking both is important in optimising training. Many people who exercise wear heart rate monitoring devices. Some wear step counters. Others use GPS-enabled sports watches that do all of the above plus track the training session in some detail so there are lots of ‘stats’ and
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