Category: Marathon & Half Marathon’s

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

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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Run Session

Friday Fartlek Run: Carpenter’s Perfect 20-Minute Workout

This session is a great session to sharpen you up to run a fast 5km or 10km race. Although it can be done at any time it is perfectly placed 4-6 weeks prior to your event.

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Friday Fartlek – 8 Weeks to a faster 10k: 5km Time Trial

This workout continues the development to improve your 10k speed over 8 weeks. This is the fourth workout in this series (the first can be…

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