Tracksmith organised their Sunday long run as an away day this weekend gone, leaving London and coming down to the coast. It was great to run my regular routes with new faces and enjoy some different company on a Sunday. Herne Bay station to Margate. The weather was mostly kind – right up until we … Continue reading Tracksmith Social Run
https://open.spotify.com/episode/7jcOBrdGE0WsoEiafch90g?si=c574e61e0ab446a4 A thoroughly enjoyable podcast with lots of great content – some thoughts I posted after listening . Geoff is a good listen and someone I like hearing from. He is thoughtful and considered in how he speaks which makes for an informative listen. The part on compressed Vs non-compressed foam where fascinating and something … Continue reading Geoff Burns on the Science of Sport Podcast
I’ve been thinking about all of the impact that the pelvis has on movement – realising that if I’ve learnt anything over the last 4-5 years is just how little I do actually know. With this in mind the first thing I wanted to do was take a closer look at the pelvis itself (leading … Continue reading The staggering pelvis
I’ve ben enjoying running again, mostly easy post the Snowdon experience, with the odd weekly faster session thrown in. During Saturday’s I could feel my right calf begin to tighten – reaching the point where I stopped just at the point where it would have been too overloaded. Thankfully a perfect stopping point. It felt … Continue reading Why one calf and not the other?
My race number – minus the corner cut off following my DNF at halfway. I learnt so much from Saturday’s UTS 100k. I got so much from the whole experience, the training and the day itself – more than I expected – so whilst I’m a little bruised, battered and physically uncomfortable today, I’m more … Continue reading UTS 100km – a contented DNF
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.
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