I ran my first track race in 4 years yesterday – and it was a roller coaster of a run. I certainly learned a lot and took a lot away from the whole experience. – I was supposed to race at 2:30, which would have been a better heat for me, but the races started … Continue reading Tracksmith Amateur Mile
Whilst I really enjoy writing – I’ve been pretty busy over the last couple of weeks and felt a little overwhelmed by the idea of writing about everything I had done. Trying to get the detail down led me to not want to write anything – which was pretty much the process I would go … Continue reading Last 2 weeks – Running events, new qualification & course.
Having written about the support that coherent breathing gives the body last week I thought it would be interesting to pursue this and delve further into the book The New Science of Breath. The image above is from the opening of chapter 4, which clearly outlines what the authors believe coherence to be, the balance … Continue reading Coherence
I’ve begun to read this book – and am currently around half way through. There is one part that I keep coming back to (which is also why I’m writing this) as it has really stood out to me and something that I want to engrain in my mind. I’m a big believer in coherent … Continue reading HRV, breathing & Blood pressure
I’m keeping this picture until I earn the right to get rid of it. Soaked, in a lot of pain, determined to finish I was in the last couple of KM’s of the Boston marathon – the hardest I’ve done to date and the one that reminded me more than any others, of those simple … Continue reading Boston – brutal, unforgiving, humbling & brilliant
I’ve just finished above and found it a great small book. I wished I’d come to this earlier in my breathing journey as the chapter on how we breathe / cellular respiration was exactly the background I was after when trying to understand why breath-work had an impact – or the processes that underpinned breathing. … Continue reading Science of Breath – A Practical Guide, Swami Rama, Rudolph Ballentine, Alan Hymes
I’ve been carrying out an experiment for the last 12 days. A niggle that came on around 3 weeks ago turned into a run stopping event. Something that I have experienced before, a year ago, a mild tear / strain in my right calf begun to make itself more and more evident. Initially I was … Continue reading Changing tack, The Boston Experiment
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
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