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Intro to the athlete, MrsDuck
Following on from the series of posts written about the athlete AB, I shall now introduce you to the athlete known as MrsDuck. MrsDuck is an ex-badminton player of a pretty high standard, playing in the A division of her country of birth, Finland. Well, I am married...
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Steve Jones Record
In 1984, a certain Steve Jones of Wales, made his debut in Chicago, in one of the most competitive fields assembled after the LA Olympics. Jones went on to set a world record of 2:08:05. The following year he returned to win again in 2:07:13 (missing Carlos Lopes WR...
Rolling all the eggs into one basket
Now that we had achieved the summer goal of going sub 45 minutes for 10km, we needed to start turning our attention to being ready to switch to the marathon training which would occur 6 weeks before the race date of December 8th 2013. This article follows on from –...
INSPIRATION
Rolling all the eggs into one basket
Now that we had achieved the summer goal of going sub 45 minutes for 10km, we needed to start turning our attention to being ready to switch to the marathon training which would occur 6 weeks before the race date of December 8th 2013. This article follows on from –...
COACHING
Heart Rate and Training Zones Experience
Heart rate and training zones - An article based on experience and hopefully helpful in you understanding your own heart rate training zones better. This is not a scientific article but more relating to experience while coaching a squad of up to 30 athletes, varying...
EVENTS
Meetings and Greetings
The Tel Aviv Marathon trip continued .. previous post Hotels and Onwards Just before 19h00, I scurried down to the lobby and immediately knew who Ms. Sharon Lewis was. Then I met Franziska Wauch, who is involved with a German tour company named, interAir. We were now...
CHAT
Heart Rate and Training Zones Experience
Heart rate and training zones - An article based on experience and hopefully helpful in you understanding your own heart rate training zones better. This is not a scientific article but more relating to experience while coaching a squad of up to 30 athletes, varying...
NEWSFEED
COACHING
sub 60 minute schedule added
Incredibly, after being involved in road running since 1982 and performance coaching since 1984, I finally have to admit that I was a touch of an elitist, and considered that everyone should be running sub 60 minutes for 10km. At least, that should be the standard...
Breaks, Plans and ABnating
With the running of the sub 21 minute 5km, much had been achieved in giving AB the confidence in her ability, however there was still much to do, as you only as good as your last race, in the mind of many. This article follows on from – The Making of the Athlete AB. I...
The making of the athlete AB
After the 5km time-trial, the week before, we now prepared towards the 10km which would take place on the 20th July in Playa Blanca. This article follows on from - Intro to the athlete AB. I have been given permission to write a warts and all blog about the ups and...
Farah loses to Bekele’s tactical nuance
One thing came out of today's GNR with Paula Radcliffe and her commentary, she is no doubt a great time-trialer but seemed to show she knows nothing about the tactical battles that take place at the top level amongst the men. She kept mentioning that Mo Farah was...
Thoughts behind the programs
This post has been moved from the forums so that we could refer users to this url when asking similar questions. The following questions were originally asked by JamieH: 1. How much science is there behind the spacing of the 5x2k, Long run and 6x1k in the programme,...