Category: Ultra Running
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I’m Giving Up on Ultra Running – 3rd Place South Island 100km
Over the last 30km, as I was willing myself to keep going, I thought, “I don’t need this in my life anymore”.
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Overheating Again: How Prior Heat Strokes Impact Runner Performance in the Heat
Another running event, another heat stroke 💔 As a runner, we all know the feeling of pushing ourselves to our limits, but what happens when our body can’t keep up? It’s time to talk about the real consequences of overheating and why it’s crucial to listen to our bodies. Have you ever noticed that no…
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Tarawera Ultra 2023 – What I’ve Changed to Become a Faster Ultrarunner
Happy New Year! (bit late or still ok?) 2023 is shaping up to be a big one for me and my business. I’ve got a lot of content lined up for the year, and I can’t wait to share it with you. To kick things off, I’d like LOVE to invite you to join me…
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How to Find Your Goal Pace for ANY Running Race.
Have you ever blown up in a race and had to run the last few Kms or Miles about 1min slower than you started? YES. Of course you have. We all have! I will tell you why you blew up and how you can go faster next time. You started too hard, bro! Why does…
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Event-specific Training for Running PBs.
One of the biggest mistakes I see runners make is ignoring specificity in their training. If you want to run a PB at your next event, you need to be ticking off event-specific workouts from two months out. What most people do is a random mix of volume, ambiguous intensity often referred to as “speed”,…
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Heart Rate Training for Runners and Why You Feel Slow.
Running your next PB depends heavily on your aerobic energy system. From 5km upwards, 98% of your performance is fuelled by your aerobic energy system. When you run your easy-aerobic runs too fast, you add unnecessary and nonspecific stress to your physiological system. More often than not, the result is that your races never align…
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High-Intensity Interval Training for Runners. Unlocking Massive Gains.
High-Intensity Interval Training (HIIT) is often associated with some form of “4-minute fat burner” workout, which IS NOT what I am talking about. HIIT workouts consist of repeated bouts of high-intensity work performed above the lactate threshold (a perceived effort of “hard” or greater) or critical speed/power, interspersed by periods of low-intensity exercise or complete…
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Why pro runners don’t care about their weekly mileage (and neither should you).
Pro runners don’t care about their weekly mileage. Lifting your weekly mileage by extending the duration of your runs or adding a weekly run could be ruining your chance of a new PB. If you’re out there training without a structured plan, adding more Kms onto your weekly schedule is the LAST option on your…
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What I Learnt from Running 100km with a Power Meter (yes running).
At the end of 2016, I ran the inaugural Taupo Ultramarathon 100km event along the stunning Great Lake Trail which runs from the western to the eastern side of Lake Taupo, New Zealand. This was to be my first ultramarathon and being a sports scientist I wanted to get as much data as possible. To…
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Analysing My 8hr 38min 100km Run
I had an amazing run at the Trail Trilogy 100km ultramarathon. Overall, I am incredibly happy with my effort and I am glad I implemented my 19-1 run-walk strategy, which I believe saved me on multiple occasions. HOWEVER, I felt like everything went to plan except for two sections. Looking back through my data, those…