by RunTeach | Dec 18, 2019 | General Discussion, Training
5 Tips For Winter Motivation You know what it’s like… We don’t even need to open the weather app because we can see it streaming down the widows. We can hear it bouncing off the Velux and as it cascades over the edges of our gutters. If we stand long...
by RunTeach | Dec 8, 2019 | General Discussion, Training
PB focus I’ve yet to meet a runner that didn’t want to run faster and get a new PB. Sure, plenty will say they are not bothered by times and they just run for the fun of it. And in the next breath they are talking about the goal for their next race or...
by RunTeach | Dec 5, 2019 | General Discussion, Training
Night vision In an earlier post I mentioned that we can improve our ability to run better and safer in the dark. One way of doing this is to work on our peripheral vision, and another way is to improve our proprioception. “What’s propieception?” you ask....
by RunTeach | Sep 16, 2019 | General Discussion, Training
You're ready! You’ve done the months of training. You’ve put in hours and hours of running. You’ve dealt with the niggles, the doubts, the setbacks and now you stand in the pen at the start of your marathon. You are as ready as you’ll ever be, and all that stands...
by RunTeach | Aug 23, 2019 | General Discussion, Nutrition, Training
A Case For Fat - An Overview of Energy Systems? This article is designed to provide you with a brief look at our energy systems and why eating a diet low in carbs and high in fat may help recreational runners like you and me in our running performance. First, we need...
by RunTeach | Jun 20, 2019 | General Discussion
Epic, Brutal, Relentless You know that feeling of “why did I decide to do this?”… well that was me after only 3 laps of the 5 mile route at the Mizuno Endure 24 race in Reading, UK last weekend (15th and 16th June 2019). As the name suggests, it is a 24 hour...
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