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 in ability from sub 40 minute 10km to 28 minutes for 10km. … [Read more...]
Rolling all the eggs into one basket
The route back from The Grand Hotel to Matagorda 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. … [Read more...]
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. … [Read more...]
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. … [Read more...]
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. … [Read more...]
Progressive Training
Often when discussing the 10k Training Programs, I read and reply to users of the forums who discuss training methods and the want to do other sessions such as hillwork to be incorporated into the schedule or tempo runs. … [Read more...]
MMS – 10k Program success
One of the successes of the 10k Training Programs that I would like to mention is MMS. … [Read more...]
Balance in Running
On the Running Feedback forums I was recently asked about the balance spoken about in so many of the thread replies. Balance in a nutshell is a healthy outlook and enjoyment of one's running, where you run for what it gives you and not primarily giving to running without keeping the balance. … [Read more...]
Your starting point
This post is associated to the question asked on the Running Feedback Forums, it shall deal with the progressive nature of the 10k training programs and where you start and why you start there. This is the response to the question: how it works with the program is to have a starting point, what we utilise is a 4k time-trial. We use the 4k distance as it is not a traditional … [Read more...]
Warm up routine thoughts
Recently on the Running Feedback forums the question was asked regarding warm-ups. The link to the warm-ups provided here is a very basic and gentle routine and I shall be providing further guidelines at a later stage. … [Read more...]
