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
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
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