The end April this year; 2013, I approached a local athlete on the island of Lanzarote (and it is with her permission that I am writing this blog) with the intention of training her. One of the main ideas behind this, was that I knew my wife would be needing a training partner in the future. … [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...]
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...]
