I’m back at the Royal Free. Appendicitis back with me (well now not so much, as they’ve taken it out and sorted out the abscess that exists). It’s been a humbling experience, new things learnt and a new starting point to work from. Hospital is so hard for all of those involved, the patients, nurses, … Continue reading Appendicitis 2.0
Sometimes pictures are so much more effective than words. I had the pleasure of watching Letenesbet Gidey run an astonishing new half marathon world record, at Valencia this morning. Her form was so strong and beautiful throughout. I went back and screen recorded her around 53/54 minutes (so well into her race, when people begin … Continue reading Letenesbet Gidey
I’ve just begun to re-read the excellent Recognizing and Treating Breathing Disorders by Leon Chaitow, Dinah Bradley and Christopher Gilbert. The way the book is structured is fantastic, with the book moving from an overview of how breathing works, how it can go wrong though to how to treat. 2 things struck me as I … Continue reading What breathing better helps avoid.
I joined the excellent Scholars program last week – which you can find here: https://www.scienceofrunning.com/the-scholar-program?v=47e5dceea252 (Steve Magness and Jon Marcus) Which takes you through a program of study that helps build a base of coaching knowledge. In terms of broadening my knowledge and allowing me access to a whole world of coaching, this appears invaluable. … Continue reading What are my running beliefs?
If you’d have asked me yesterday if I wanted to come to a halt at 34.6k, I’d have said absolutely not. As it turned out, this gave me the most memorable and uplifting marathon experience I have been fortunate enough to experience. The last 6 weeks leading up to London have seen niggles (trigger point … Continue reading It’s happening for you.
I had a first this weekend – winning a Parkrun, down in Margate. Margate Park run is such a friendly event, from the volunteers (props to the lady in the mobility scooter at that key 3k left turn) to all of the runners. I had a really enjoyable tussle with Jay (2nd) and Stuart (3rd … Continue reading Better breathing = Better running
At the beginning of last week I found myself struggling with what I had to do – in terms of feeling overwhelmed with what to do when, what to start, what to leave and how to make sure I didn’t waste the time I had in an unproductive fashion. Stopping teaching and waiting to start … Continue reading Organising my time – grids and mapping.
The London marathon is 4 weeks away. I have just been pondering on what this means, stopped to take a moment to appreciate what I am going to do (in terms of training, rest, food, etc.) and wondered how often I let these milestones go by without embracing them or considering what will happen. Too … Continue reading 4 weeks to go
The last large organised road race I did was the Big Half, back in March of 2020. The first large organised road race I ran post Covid was the same run. It was so nice to be part of 12,000 people, running 13.1 miles from Tower Bridge to Greenwich. From a personal point of view, … Continue reading Racing, I’ve missed you.
In the same vein as the daily breathing tools, I thought I’d list some of the breathing methods I find useful when running. I’ve thought of some names to hopefully help remind what each one is for, alongside a brief description of how to use each one. Roll – For those easy runs, where you … Continue reading Running breathing tools
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