Category: Training

6 October 2021

Planning your race season: Periodization Part 2.

How does each pre-season, event, training week and day evolve to being mapped-out and put into action? Periodization. Here’s Part 2 of my advice on Periodization. I’ll use a construction…more…

29 September 2021

Planning your race season: Periodization Part 1.

Don’t dive blindly into a training programme until you know how the calendar progresses, and what each Phase is for. As we tentatively get excited about Post-Lockdown events starting up…more…

30 December 2020

Run Efficiency Part 3: Posture

Let’s start with a little re-cap on Parts 1 and 2 before the final piece of the puzzle: Test your cadence, and increase your stroke rate to around 90 foot…more…

10 November 2020

Run Efficiency Part 2: Breathing

Pretty important as a human just being. But if your breathing is all out of whack while running, you can feel uncomfortable, incompetent and demotivated. We’re not going to talk…more…

3 November 2020

Run Efficiency Part 1: Cadence

Does anyone else hear that word in a French accent? If you’re a self-proclaimed nerd like me, you will get excited by the fact that this Middle English word was…more…

6 October 2020

Different types of stress.

Have you ever heard one of those people who say: “I just don’t get stressed”? You may even be one yourself… About a decade ago, when my training volume increased…more…

29 September 2020

The Triangle Of Change

This is a concept given a sports twist by Sir Dave Brailsford, CBE. It resonates with me on many levels, so I’m going to share it with you here. The…more…

22 September 2020

Open Water Safety

As the weather improves, and [fingers crossed] COVID restrictions begin to relax, it’s time for a reminder… As a self-proclaimed ‘Fish’, I still never underestimate the power of the open…more…

8 September 2020

Different zones, different fuel.

I often explain to athletes that the fuel you need before and during a workout is dependent on how intense the workout is going to be. In simple terms, if…more…

18 August 2020

Let’s be specific.

If your training isn’t specific to your goal event, you are missing out on some serious progression and development… I’ve lost count of how many times athletes told me they…more…