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SPEED TRAINING FOR BEGINNERS – PART 2
If you have been doing the Speed work priming in part one of this blog for a few weeks and are feeling comfortable going a little faster than usual and are injury free, then you are ready to start including … Continue reading
SPEED TRAINING FOR BEGINNERS – PART 1
Almost every runner reaches the point where they are comfortable covering a certain distance, maybe a 5k or a 10k, and are now wondering how can they get a little faster. Throw the question out in the average club setting … Continue reading
Marathon Nutrition in 12 Easy Steps
When running a marathon you are not only faced with the challenge of covering a substantial distance, but also ensuring adequate intake of energy and fluids to offset the losses. The gains from getting your fueling strategy spot on are … Continue reading
TRAINING FOR DUMMIES – RULE #5
GOAL + STRATEGY = SUCCESS Many regular club runners approach me wanting to improve their times over longer distances like the half marathon and marathon. The common approach is a hit and miss approach which involves hammering away at the … Continue reading
TRAINING FOR DUMMIES – RULE #4
THE BEST TRAINING = THE BEST TRAINING FOR YOU We are taught from a young age that we are each unique. Unique personality, unique looks, unique physiology, unique minds. There is no one like you! And the same comes to … Continue reading
TRAINING FOR DUMMIES – RULE #3
Your body will adapt to what you ask it to do most often. Sit on the couch often, and you will start looking and feeling like a couch potato. Run often and you will start looking and feeling more and more like a runner (and less like a potato!). Continue reading
TRAINING FOR DUMMIES – RULE #2
TRAINING DAYS – LAZY DAYS = FITNESS IMPROVEMENT Continue reading
TRAINING FOR DUMMIES – RULE #1
CHALLENGING TRAINING + RECOVERY = IMPROVED FITNESS Continue reading
How to Select a Training Plan
A house is built from the foundation up not from the roof down. Continue reading
You Won the Two Oceans Lotto! Now what?
For many the long wait to hear if they are one of the lucky winners of a 2020 Two Oceans Ultra or Half Marathon entry is finally over. Congratulations to those who are in! And a special welcome to the … Continue reading
