I’m a bad athlete 😵 I’ve previously written about how I hate strength training , but force myself to do it to supplement my running. It’s good for you, it really does help, and I fully recommend doing it to help your training. I hate stretching …
The last 10 years 2012 Ten years ago now, in 2011, a friend challenged me to run the Stafford half-marathon 2012. I think this is what started it all. They bet me £10 I couldn’t do it. I said: “double it, donate it to charity and I will” . In 2012 …
Pumping and posing 💪🏻 I used to abhor strength training. Pumping iron in the gym with all the boys? Posing in front of a mirror in a tank top? Downing protein shakes in the kitchen when you get to work while you talk about how much pumping and pos…
ELI5 💭 “ Explain Like I’m 5 ” is a concept that has become popular on Reddit for explaining a complex subject that you know a lot about, in layperson’s terms. In an accessible enough way that a five-year-old could grasp it. We assume that others …
Time to sort out my racing 🏃🏼♂️ Yesterday I wittered on about my training schedule for the year, so today I am going to get down my racing schedule, priorities, and goals. I’ll use the same schedule table from yesterday’s article. It took me ages.…
Time to sort out my training 🚴🏻 After having a break, I’ll be ready to get back into training in 3 weeks. For the first 10 days of December, I upped my running mileage by 1 mile per day, up to 10, and tried to keep a consistently fast pace (6:45-7:4…