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“Consistency is contrary to nature, contrary to life. The only completely consistent people are the dead.” ― Aldous Huxley Now, as marathon runners, one of our aims is not to die and another is to be consistent in our training. Huxley goes someway to being honest about the fact that for a human being, beingContinue reading “Consistency”

Training needs you to work all the gears. A simple way to ask for different training intensities is to indicate a pace to run at. When I prescribe a training pace its what you should be aiming for on a perfect day – flat, tarmac, no wind, not too hot, feeling good. Adjust what youContinue reading “Types of training run”

I know it sounds funny but I just can’t stand the pain…… Yep, Lionel Richie tried running his long runs really hard and found out it wasn’t worth it. Jack Daniels explain why in 3 minutes Easy running at up to 60% of max effort!!! How slow would we go at 110bpm?? Its a fastContinue reading “Easy running (like Sunday morning)”

What? A very easy run typically of around 45 minutes. Your body needs to thank you for doing this one, not wish you had rested instead so kudos for super easy. Why? We want to add to the weekly volume of running so that we get all the benefits of running more. Often between harderContinue reading “Recovery runs”