How to Run a Faster Half Marathon: Lessons From Jess Bray’s New Zealand Championship Win
Want to run a faster half marathon? Learn practical lessons from Jess Bray’s New Zealand championship-winning performance. Discover how pacing, threshold fitness, endurance, and finishing strength can help you achieve your next personal best and race smarter over 21.1 kilometres with proven coaching strategies that work for everyday runners.
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Monday’s Brick: Gordo Bryn’s Ironman Triple Brick
Gordo Bryn’s Ironman Triple Brick is a progressive endurance challenge featuring three bike-run blocks that build in intensity. Starting controlled and finishing hard, it develops pacing judgment, durability, and mental resilience for long-course racing. A demanding session designed to improve your ability to perform strongly under accumulating fatigue.
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Sunday Smart-Trainer Session: Beep! Beep! Beep!
This is a short, sweet session that although lacking in some physiological considerations packs a lot of punch into the 30-minutes. It will build strength and power, with the limited time available. It is a great session regardless of your goals, but especially if you have limited time to train.
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Saturday Swim Session: Threshold Flow Builder
Build sustainable swim speed with this threshold-focused session combining drill work and short-rest 50m reps. Improve technique, pacing, and consistency while learning to hold quality under fatigue. Ideal for triathletes and swimmers wanting stronger threshold pace, better rhythm, and greater endurance in the pool or open water.
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Friday Fartlek Run: 35min Tempo Run
This Friday Fartlek Run features a **35-minute tempo effort** designed to build aerobic strength and sustained pace control. Running at Level III, this continuous session is ideal for runners and triathletes preparing for 10km, half marathon, marathon, and longer events, helping develop endurance and race-day confidence.
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Christchurch Half Marathon Debrief: Tayla’s Second Step Forward
Tayla’s Christchurch Half Marathon was more than a race result. As her second half marathon ever, it marked another step forward in confidence, pacing, and experience. This debrief explores why early races matter so much, and how each event helps build stronger, smarter, more resilient runners over time.
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He Started Too Fast… 3 Half Marathon Mistakes That Cost Time (And How to Avoid Them)
Started too fast, missed race nutrition, and battled late. Jason’s Christchurch Half Marathon debrief reveals three common mistakes that cost runners time. Learn how smarter pacing, better fueling, and stronger race-day mindset can help you run a faster half marathon and unlock your next personal best performance.
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Jess Bray’s Christchurch Half Marathon Debrief: What a Championship Win Really Looked Like
Jess Bray claimed her second straight New Zealand Under-20 Female Half Marathon title in Christchurch. This race debrief looks beyond the result, analysing pacing, late-race fatigue, courage, and the key lessons from a championship-winning performance that reveals both current strength and exciting future potential ahead.
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The Art of Pacing: How to Race Smarter From 5K to Ironman to Ultra
Fitness alone does not guarantee your best race. Smart pacing is often the difference between fading badly and finishing strong. Learn how to pace correctly from 5K to Ironman to ultra, avoid common mistakes, and turn your training into better race-day performances with practical strategies that actually work.
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Sunday Smart-Trainer Session: Gareth’s VO2 Max Intervals
Gareth’s VO₂ Max Intervals is a smart-trainer session designed to push your top-end power and repeatability. With progressive ramp efforts leading into multiple VO₂ max blocks, this workout challenges your ability to go deep, recover, and go again—ideal for cyclists and triathletes looking to build high-intensity fitness and race-ready strength on the bike.
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