Category: Health
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You’re Not Overtraining, You’re Under Recovering
That’s like when the bike shop says you’re gonna need a new cassette. Yea shot mate, I’ll sort that out ASAP 😒. The end goal drives the plan. Your goal is, or at least should be, to improve in training and be at your best on race day. Fundamentally, more is better. Greater stress means…
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Connecting Zwift with TrainingPeaks
Supported structured workout types -Duration (as a % of FTP (Power)) and RPE for bike workouts and, distance and % of FTP (pace) for running workouts. Cadence supported for bike workouts Login to Zwift.com and make sure your TrainingPeaks athlete account is linked on the Zwift connections page. When you login to the Zwift app…
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Running Power. Why you need to get on board with the future of running
Spending $200usd on a piece of kit that isn’t shoes and isn’t a watch is an outrageous proposition to any runner. In fact, I recall being ridiculed for buying a GPS watch (Garmin 405) in 2010! Over the last decade, runners have accepted GPS devices and understood their true value – uploading to Strava and…
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How I Used the Run-walk method to run 2hrs 45min
“Giving up on my very public 2:40 goal was the most critical and hardest decision of my race.” Run for 19min walk for 1min – repeat In my initial blog, I wrote about using the run-walk method to run a sub 2:40 marathon. (read that article here). The plan was to run for 19min @…
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Successful Training Plan
6 Steps to a Successful Training Plan Do you get to the end of an event and feel somewhat unsatisfied, like you could have prepared better or you didn’t meet your pre-race expectations? This happens all of the time because athletes are forever overestimating their abilities and underestimating the demands of their event. I like…
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Can I Run-Walk a Sub 2:40 Marathon?
The run-walk method is nothing new to running, and a lot of its notoriety can be credited to legendary running coach Jeff Galloway. However, I struggled to find not only the scientific reasoning behind the run-walk method but also any data on runners going under 3 hours using this method. Personally, I have successfully used…
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Are You Avoiding Your Hard Workouts?
If you’re always trying to complete a certain amount of training each week, you could be doing more harm than good. If you identify with any of these thoughts, read on. “I’m too tired to do an interval session today; I’ll do an hour easy instead.” “I just need to make sure I run at…
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Base Phase Training
Base Phase Training The idea of a ‘base phase’ is to slowly and steadily build fitness and conditioning over weeks of consistent training. There is no need to include recovery weeks because your weekly training load should be set at a level that allows you to finish each week without too much fatigue. As you…
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Cross-training for Endurance Athletes
Cross-training can be a good addition to endurance training, but is it right for you? If you struggle with injuries in your chosen sport then cross-training will allow you to exercise more without the risk of injury. The goal is to exercise the body parts that aren’t injured. I.e. an injured runner can go swimming…
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Minimalist Training or Volume Appropriate Training?
“I’m surprised with how good I felt considering I’ve hardly been doing anything.” Stress + Rest = Adaptation. The fundamental equation for the progression of any biological system. Whether you’re self-coached, coached or mentored, can or can’t go compete at the elite level you can always benefit from a differing point of view. This article…