Designed for runners who haven’t ran for a while and are wanting to get back their running fitness. Maybe you’ve taken time out from sport to start a family or focus on career or study; what ever the reason this programme will build your fitness back progressively to build your fitness into a position to commence structured training for another event.
View More Tuesday Training Plan: 6 Week Return To Running Training Plan
This session is a great way to enhance your speed endurance and is great for half marathon events.
View More Friday Fartlek Run: Half Marathon Pyramids
This session will develop your speed over 10km but also for 5km and half marathon events.
View More Friday Fartlek: 3x 12 minutesFitzgerald, Matt (2014) 80/20 Running – Run Stronger and Race Faster by Training Slower New American Library I’ve been wanting to read this book since I…
View More Book Review: Matt Fitzgerald – 80/20 Running
It’s not for the faint hearted! It’s tough. One of the toughest off-road runs in New Zealand and I love it! From Whakapapa ski field…
View More The Goat TongariroThere are a number of methods to periodise a training build up for an event. Some of the more prominent coaches and academics in this…
View More Periodisation of a SeasonThis is my opinion in response to this article: http://running.competitor.com/2015/12/news/lance-armstrong-wins-35k-trail-running-race-in-california_141905 Those that know me, know that I am ANTI-DOPING and ANTI-DOPERS. When Floyd Landis was announced…
View More Response to Lance Armstrong indicating that he wants to become a Trail RunnerTo endure 42.2 km, on a flat warm Queensland course was the goal. Executing effective training when you do Fly In/Fly Out work 2 weeks on/off, working 13 days in a row was not going to be easy.
View More Oonagh and the Sunshine Coast MarathonThese are words that I used to pay lip service to, but eventually, they rang true. I have written previous articles about completing an Ironman or completing a Half Marathon, etc with varying results. It wasn’t until I was completely disappointed with myself and my results from the Ironman NZ 2013 that I decided to get a Coach. My selection was simple. It was Ray Boardman from Qwik Kiwi, not just because I knew him as a Physical Training Instructor in the New Zealand Army, but because I saw him on the course that day supporting his clients and noted that he stayed out there to provide encouragement when I was struggling.
View More New Zealand’s Newest Marathon Course – Taupo, NZThis time around this event would be part of a handful of confidence boosters in my build up to Challenge Wanaka 2016 (first ever iron-distance).…
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