Category: Marathon & Half Marathon’s

Articles that are of interest and benefit for people training for marathon’s and half marathons

Fartlek Session

Friday Fartlek: The Michigan

This session is a great way to develop the ability to maintain your running speed and have a bit of a kick at the end of it. This…

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Periodisation of a Season

There are a number of methods to periodise a training build up for an event. Some of the more prominent coaches and academics in this…

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Friday Fartlek: 16x 200m + 2,000m

This session is a great way to develop your running speed, particularly over 5km. I’ve been reading some old magazines lately.  This session was inspired by a…

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Friday Fartlek: Dave Scott’s Hill Rep Runs

This session is a great way to enhance your technique as well as improve your efficiency and ability to tolerate lactic acid.

Happy New Year.  Here is a session to kick off 2016 with a great workout.

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Friday Fartlek: Progressive Run

This session is a great way to enhance your technique as well as speed and efficiency. Merry Christmas. I trust you have already got out the door…

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It’s a Fine Line Between Listening to Your Body and Training Through an Injury

If you have a question you would like me to answer, click on this link here. This is a response to a question from a…

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Monitoring Overtraining

What are the Consequences of Missing a Workout?

What are the consequences of missing a workout? Although this isn’t a common question the implications of the answer affect anyone following a training plan. A training plan is only as good as the adherence to this plan. As a result I am often asked “What do I do if I miss a session?” but before I answer the more common question I will explain what I refer to as the ‘Why factor’. The ‘Why factor’ will help provide you with the information as to why that is the case.

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Friday Fartlek: 4x 3min, 2min RI

This session is a great session to include about 5 days out from a major race whether that event is a 5km, 10km, or half marathon.

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My Awesome Weekend Completing the Queenstown 2015 Marathon

My name is Barb Frost. I am 46 years old and I have been a runner for 10 years. I have never felt the need…

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