Category: Training

Chasing new goals leads me to less running in my new training plan. There’s nothing like a forced lay off due to injury to have you re-evaluate your goals and training. A foot injury ended my training program for the Surf Coast Century this year. Over the last few...

What are the priorities for the injured runner? What is the best way back from injury? Most injured runners want to get back to full training immediately. We also often try to continue through injury. Often to our own detriment. Instead of hoping for the best and making the...

How to approach the long run for 100km trail race. There’s an important concept we need to get our heads around. The speed we race a 100km race is relatively slow. Compared to your 5km or half marathon speed, 100km is run significantly slower. This needs to be remembered when...

Build your speed for a 100km running race. It might be easier than you thought. Including a tempo run for 100km training can give impressive results. Working on your base endurance will get you most of the way for a 100km race. But we want to get all the...

How do we get maximum benefit from base training for 100km? What is the Base of training? This is the most important phase of training. Here we complement the post Training For 100km Trail Race: 16 Week Overview by diving into the details of the 8 week base phase....

16 weeks training for a 100km trail race. How do we structure running to be race ready? What does it take to prepare for a 100km running race? This is a simple guiding structure to training. There are pros and cons to the different ways of training. The approach...

The body is inherently lazy. It is clever in finding ways to have you take the easy way out. When training towards big goals we need to get past this. Check your base point of training and redefine your easy. Defining Easy Easy is a relevant concept. I’ve written about...

Welcome to a new year. New goals. New running program. Over the last couple of decades I’ve tried different approaches to kick starting my next training. In this post I share what I find to be my best way to start a running program. The approach isn’t about exact...

Struggling to train during the silly season? I find it harder. A mixture of increased demands on time, renovations, social stuff, kids not at school and all the miscellaneous extras Christmas brings makes it harder to fit it in running. Here’s my plans for the Christmas training block.  ...

VO2 intervals are one of the best ways to improve distance running. If you want to get faster then max out your oxygen use. VO2 intervals are the most important fast session in my running plan. This is a run not to skip. As with all running there a...