Some of the wisest running advice comes from some of the sport’s most respected achievers and they express great wisdom very simply. Here are some basics:- Make the hard days […]
Elite Marathon Training What can we learn from how a top international level marathoner trains? Here is an insight into the training of top Spanish endurance athlete, Fabian Roncero. How […]
This training element can combine any of the following, and all the permutations within each discipline Without going into detail in this website, a runner will run faster if, all […]
As it always crops up in runners' debate on how to fune tune their training, we'll sum up, simply but practically, the latest thinking as applied to athletics and, particularly, […]
I've set put below the principles of how best to recover after a marathon. It's one of the few aspects of 'training' where I find that what seems optimum for […]
I've set out below extracts on injury management and avoidance from my book. Bear in mind that ‘overuse’ is a deliberately generic word that in running injury terms can […]
Here is a list of recommended marathons that cover the UK, Europe and indeed the world. I have coached people who have done all these races and they all have […]
There's an ever growing array of half marathons on offer. These are long tough distances for anyone and particularly if you don't have some years of training under your belt. […]
This often comes up in exchanges with runners. What is often shown in some of the glossy mags (which I believe are shrink wrapped on newsstands so you don’t see […]
Here are a few guidelines; certainly not exhaustive, and indeed not looking at anything outside the actual running, but intended to put right some of the slightly off-beam advice that […]
How Simple Can We Make It? Back in 2008 there was a UK Athletics Marathon Squad weekend where the then UKA Head of Endurance - with various Olympic medallists on his coaching […]
How can structured hill training work for you? Training on hills will:- Increase the efficiency of each stride Help to prevent injuries by strengthening the joints needed for free easy […]
We’ve all had that dialogue with non-runners who have two concepts of racing distances. Marathon – very long and tough. 10k – short and simple, the distance of choice for […]
