Jules: After last night I thought I would be tired, but I was surprised by how much. We did some Haka practice, had breakfast…
View More Invictus Games: Day of Action at the Track and at the Tennis
Jules: The first event in the competition started today – the Jaguar and Landrover driving challenge. The buses even got a Police escort. …
View More Invictus Games: The Opening Ceremony
The majority of my athletes do their long run in the weekend and this is the perfect time to do it as most people have…
View More Get More Speed Through Including It In Your Long Run
Jules: It is late here, but I very much want to write about today’s high points. They were huge.
View More Invictus Games: One Day To Go, TV Interviews and Media All Around
200m reps are a great way to build and develop speed that you can maintain, (as opposed to pure speed developed over 25s and 50s).…
View More Saturday Swim Session – 200’s For Speed
Nicki: Well the other teams have started to arrive and we have been inundated with Aussies – great to ‘catch up’ with them. I…
View More The Other Invictus Games Teams Have Now Arrived
As I write this I’m currently at the Invictus Games supporting the New Zealand Team. The Invictus Games are a paralympics style event for wounded,…
View More The Taper: Saving Energy and Getting Faster In The Last Few Day’s Prior To A Major Event
This is a great session that will develop speed, lifting your pace at VO2 Max. Speed work is an important training session for all runners, as…
View More Friday Fartlek Run – Don Bosco Mountain Fartlek
Jules: We all met yesterday morning for a team photo. It will most likely be my favourite with us all as we are decked out…
View More Invictus Games: Settling Into A New City
Jules: Well we finally landed in Toronto and even though I was so incredibly tired, I was as grateful and excited as I thought…
View More Invictus Games: 1st Full Day In Canada