I’ve just finished this short book – 53 pages and what a fascinating little book it is. Originally written in 1903 by William Atkinson (who I discovered wrote under several Eastern sounding pseudonyms which in itself must have some great stories behind it, more here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Walker_Atkinson) it was a very interesting text around how we … Continue reading The Hindu-Yogi Science of Breath by William Atkinson
I’ve been playing around with different recovery modalities during my Boston marathon training block, looking to ascertain the best methods to help down regulate my body post the longer, tougher marathon sessions. I initially started using 61 point mediation (from the Himalayan tradition) post a long run, with a Wim Hof protocol 6 hours later. … Continue reading Breathing for recovery
A good day for 3 of the runners I work with today – which is always nice (especially in marathons). So much can go wrong, they really are very hard things to get right. Aside from the length of time it takes to train – stay fit enough and healthy enough to build a decent … Continue reading PR’s and a BQ
Continuing in my series of the World Marathon Majors, the next one for me to do (and the first one this year) is Tokyo. The course profile – fast and flat with the first 5k downhill. I found a great VR recap of last years running: The whole thing is over 3.5 hours long, but … Continue reading Tokyo Marathon Flyby
I had a great night last Friday. One of the guys I coach was running in the Friday Night Under the Lights 5k races at Battersea Park. 4 mens races & 1 women’s elite race made for fast racing (mens race was won in 14:07 by Tom Keen, womens in 15:48 by Revee Walcott Nolan. … Continue reading Friday Night Under the Lights
I do hope I’m not tempting fate writing about this (although how much tempting fate is our subconscious bias, influencing behaviour leading to the exact outcome we want to avoid I’m unsure about) but to date my road to Boston has been smooth. Hotel for Boston is booked, next flights and somewhere post run to … Continue reading Onwards to Boston
I received a round robin email a couple of weeks ago that had links to 2 new breathwork studies that have just been released. One a meta study (so pulling together of lots of other studies) which I’ll come back to another time. The second was a jointly authored paper by several people, including Andrew … Continue reading New Breathwork studies
I’ve just finished reading Chill – The cold water swimming cure by Mark Harper. It was a book recommended to me by a fellow Oxygen Advantage coach. I was curious about learning so much more around the physiological and mental health benefits of cold water swimming, for both my own benefit and adding to my … Continue reading Chill – The cold water swim cure by Mark Harper MD
I bought this book last week as I wanted the information about Himalayan 61 point meditation. I came across the practice on the Insight timer meditation app and found it to be invaluable at calming my body (and also mind). I also really enjoyed the end of the practice which allows the whole body to … Continue reading Recovery – alternatives that work?
I’ve been mulling over the metaphor of life as a train recently – for maybe the last 4 months or so. I’m not sure what prompted it, but it came to me one day that the journey of life is like getting on and off a train, at various stops, on the way up a … Continue reading Life is like being on a train, going up a mountain.
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