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
The last part of the presentation I gave was centred around a flow chart that I put together. One for initially establishing – is their breathing good enough, or is there a dysfunction. Dependent on Yes or No, this then led down a decision tree that has a brief outline of what could follow. The … Continue reading Breathing Mechanics Part 3
Last post I begun sharing the beginning of the presentation I gave to coaches on the Scholar Program. This second part is focussed on what can go wrong and who we can address things: This was a slide to show the simple shift in breathing mechanics, based on the movement of the ribcage / sternum … Continue reading Breathing Mechanics Part 2
Following on from the flybys I found for Berlin, London & Chicago I’ve found one today for New York (still a couple of weeks away). New York was the first marathon that I ran. The energy and atmosphere was phenomenal. Re-watching the video I’ve remembered the bridge coming back into Manhatten at around 15-16miles. The … Continue reading New York Marathon fly-by
I’ve been enjoying my running a lot more over the last few weeks – partly as I’ve relaxed a little and also I’ve been fortunate with aches, pains, niggles and injuries (long may this continue). I’ve been able to run in more organised races – the Big Half, the first half of the London marathon … Continue reading Breathing as we run
I love the mountains – so decided for my 50th birthday to come to Snowdonia with Jen. We’ve been really lucky with the weather – initially the forecast for today (Sunday) was very high winds and lots of rain. Thankfully that hasn’t materialised. I knew yesterday was going to be good so planned to do … Continue reading Mountains
I’ve been thinking about this a lot over the last couple of weeks – and especially today looking at the Berlin marathon (Kipchoge – phenomenal) and it took me back to a great post I read from 2017: https://medium.com/running-with-data/perfect-pacing-at-the-london-marathon-95f09db2ac5c which wonderfully breaks down the shift in pace for elites, men and women at London marathons. … Continue reading Pacing at a marathon
I gave a talk for Serpentine this Wednesday as part of a panel giving advice around marathons. I was more focused on the week before and added in some info on the week after. Whilst by no means comprehensive it seemed to be a helpful guide for people. I’ve attached my notes – a couple … Continue reading Various marathon advice – week before and after
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