RACE WEEK. I’ve got a cold. Teaching last week let the germs shift from children to me. Mind you I’d far rather have a cold the weekend before, let it work it’s way through and be relatively recovered come this Saturday. Tapering has gone well. After the niggle in my right hip a couple of … Continue reading Snowdon UTS100
I rewatched the mens 800m 2012 final this week and as always got goosebumps watching David Rudisha make it all seem so normal, easy, effortless – which it clearly isn’t. The whole race is here below: at this link https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YKEOjWEzVGs which I won’t / can’t embed due to the IOC not allowing me too. I … Continue reading David Rudisha and his wonderful form.
There’s been a good thread going on over on the Science of Sport Discourse channel, all about tapering, how to, when to, etc. I’ve come to see tapering as being so individual & so key that I am really curious about how to plan a taper. Ever since the thread has been up I’ve been … Continue reading Tapering
I thoroughly enjoyed watching the marathon yesterday – both men’s and women’s races were very enjoyable, in different ways. One of the things I really enjoyed was watching Emile Cairess (2:06:46) & Mahamed Mahamed (2:07:05) storm through the field, over the last few miles to come 3rd & 4th in what proved to be 2nd … Continue reading London Marathon 2024 – tiny differences
Above was a year ago today, where Heartbreak Hill was true to it’s name and utterly broke me. I’ve always amazed when I look back at the picture and can’t see a deeper grimace – at the time when Amrit ran past me it was possibly the worst I’ve ever felt in a marathon. It … Continue reading What a year on from Boston has taught me.
I bought this great model of a foot recently – it’s a lot of fun to play around with and get a better feel / understanding of how the bones in the feet move and the knock on impact this has on the muscles / tendons that are attached. One of the areas I’ve been … Continue reading The foot & achilles
Calming down, down regulating, taking your mind off things. I was thinking about this last week, as a counter point to warming up to sessions. I ran through the various things that I do, to offer me a sense of calm / peace and allow my mind space to recuperate. Having this mental space is … Continue reading Relaxing
The sea has been wonderfully cold the last week or so. Swimming in it has been incredibly life affirming and incredibly cold on gloved / booted feet. Hitting colder temperatures than last year, regular ice swimming (where I believe the water temp is 5c or less). Today the forecast looked like it was going to … Continue reading The Sea
Over the last 7 week marathon build – and the last 4 weeks of my running recently I’ve stuck to a pretty similar set of warm up routines, fuelling, dependant on the type of run I’ve been doing and the outcome for the runs that I’m looking for. Time / patience / comfort all play … Continue reading Warming up – The differences I’ve used in last cycle (breath & tools)
I’ve had a good start to 2024, coming into the year fit, healthy and positive. This isn’t always the case – but my mind blurs from one previous year to another when I reflect back. I do know that this year has felt different. That in itself is enough – as at the moment that … Continue reading 2024
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