Guest blog by Phil. Running downhill is fun. Even after 25 miles. Splish splosh I go down the wet slide of a hill towards Llanberris and the finish line of the Snowdonia marathon. Running downhill is fun. Even when two people in front of me slip over into what appears to be a peat [...]
This weekend, the fastest women runners in the USA will line up to race for a spot on their nations marathon squad for Rio 2016. 259 women* will race it out, only 3 will make it to Rio. It's going to be a great race. A lot of people are excited about this race, I'm excited [...]
With storms currently playing havoc with my running plans, and another couple of months left before the nights get lighter and the weather starts to improve, I'm sharing a few of my treadmill workouts below that you might like to use to shake up your routine. This blog is sponsored by Hire Fitness UK and [...]
Self assessment: how's your training going? As a coach, it's sometimes expected that I have all the answers. But in reality, often the answers are within the runner themselves, they just need to be asked the right questions at the right time to find them. I'm not observing a runner 24/7 so unless I [...]
I took a photo last year of my stomach. I'd been out running and it was a hot day. I was running round the park and getting hotter, so I took off my t-shirt and ran in shorts and a sports bra that looks like a crop top. When I got home I took the [...]
Since I started working as a coach, PT and freelance writer full-time in January, I've found it a steep learning curve. There's no manual for this type of life, so I'm learning as I go. Here's a few things I've learned so far. Nobody will tell you what to do It's a major plus point [...]
On Saturday I hosted a marathon training workshop for a group of runners taking on their first marathon this year. In truth, most were first timers and a few had run a marathon before but wanted to feel a little more prepared last time round. When I first started my running groups a few years [...]
I had grand plans at the start of the year, a few weeks ago, and we're not even at the end of January and I'm rethinking them. I entered the South Downs Way 50 in the summer last year, and at the time I was really excited about it. And then came Bournemouth and the [...]
Hand up if this is familiar: your running plan says something like '5 mile tempo run plus 1 mile warm up and 1 mile cool down'. You've looked at it and read '5 miles at tempo' and not really factored in the other two miles, so when lunchtime comes or the early morning alarm sounds [...]
My friend Liz Goodchild, who you may remember from the New Year podcast, helps people make changes in their life and has written a guest post. Being stuck is horrible. And gritted-teeth frustrating. Being stuck sits just below the surface of your life and it creeps up slowly, weaving its way in. You don't notice it [...]
