Sports massage isn't like the sort of massage you'd have at a beauty salon or spa - they're like being gently nuzzled by a kitten compared to a good old sports massage. Being manhandled by a pair of strong hands that search out all your sore spots and press them repeatedly may not sound like [...]
There's a photo on my phone of my toes. I took it last night with the intention of adding it to this post. But I can't do that to you guys. My toes look horrendous enough from up here where my face is, turns out that the resulting picture taken from just a few inches away [...]
Forget your bleep tests, VO2 max tests and the like, the biggest indicator of your current fitness has to be the 60m sprint for the bus. You might think that you'd recovered well from last night's hill session or your last long run - that is until you go flat out to make it to [...]
Yesterday I took my weary legs to Floatworks for an hour-long session in a floatation tank. Apparently floating in an isolation tank on very salty water can actually speed up recovery for athletes – and as I’m now regarding myself as one of those creatures I thought I’d see if this was true.Apparently "Rate of [...]
My first proper running shoes.When I first started running this was a question I'd ask myself and people I thought could tell me the answer all the time: "when will it get easier?" Some of my first runs outside were really hard and had me aching for days after. I hoped, but didn't know, back then that [...]