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
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 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 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 had the pleasure of pacing for Tracksmith the last 3 weeks. The Turkeytrot celebrating Thanksgiving the two Saturdays past and two progressively longer runs last Sunday and this. I’m always reminded how much I enjoy running with other people whenever I do these things. I’ve been pacing a 9 minute mile group, a really … Continue reading Pacing Tracksmith Long runs
I’ve been playing around with different breath techniques to use with the Juniors I coach on Tuesdays as I wanted to find a good balance with introducing children to breathwork in an appropriate, safe, fun and useful fashion. I’ve settled on the following – which has been going well and the children have been taking … Continue reading Children, running & breathing
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