Calisthenics For Runners
Pedro Dias of Calisthenics-Gear.com takes us through his top calisthenics exercises for improving your running.
The Day Before the Race
Tomorrow I have my final full on running race of the season (I’ve still got Tough Mudder next month but that’s a mixture of running and obstacles), this is the Blackmoores Running Festival in which I’m entering the half marathon. I’ve done a lot of training this year so feel ready for it and having […]
Final Interval Session
Yesterday morning we ran our final interval session before the race on the 22nd, this time our intervals consisted of: 1 x 6 minutes, 2:30 rest1 x 5 minutes, 2 rest2 x 4 minutes, 1:30 rest2 x 3 minutes, 1:15 rest Have to admit I’m quite releived the interval training is over, that combined with […]
Why I Love Training
Had one of those days of training today where it just made me feel great. I started the day with a run. Straight away I could feel that it was going to be a difficult one as I was quite fatigued from my PT session on Wednesday, therefore I listened to my body and just […]
My Case for Barefoot Running
I’m writing this in response to an interesting blog post on the guardian website, written by Michael Crawley. I have nothing against the writer and this certainly isn’t an attack on his post, but I thought as I’ve been running in Vibrams for just under a year and a half now, I have enough experience […]
Interval Training
Yesterday we started our training for our next race, which is Blackmores Sydney Half Marathon which is on the 22nd September. This route is pretty flat, especially compared to the City2Surf, therefore I’ve decided we’re going to do intervals on a Tuesday this time instead of hill runs. We started with the following intervals 3 […]
City2Surf 2013
After months of training for the City2Surf it finally came around today, I was aiming for under 60 and I did it in… 60 minutes and 3 seconds according to my Garmin!! The official time doesn’t come out until Tuesday but I don’t think it’s likely that I could have added 3 seconds. Despite this […]
Sydney Harbour 10km
This morning I took part in the Sydney Harbour 10km race. This really was the most scenic 10km I’ve done, taking you through Darling Harbour and under The Harbour Bridge. It was also the flattest race I have ever run with only one very short hill, a real personal best setter! Before the race I […]
Sydney Urbanathlon 2013
On Sunday I took part in the Sydney Urbanathlon. This is a 11-12km race through Sydney with some obstacles thrown in for good measure. The route itself is picturesque, taking you over Darling Harbour and up to the highest point in Sydney, Observatory Hill. I completed the race in around 61 minutes, with an average […]
Conquering Heartbreak Hill
In just under 9 weeks I will be doing my yearly race in the City2Surf, for those of you who haven’t heard of this, it is a 14km race from the city to Bondi Beach and attracts numbers of up to 70k. The first year I ran this, I entered pretty late so started from […]