Recovery Week Doesn’t Have To Be All Week: Training Log
Change up your easy week. You can get extra out of your training by taking a different approach. Your recovery week doesn’t have to be all week. I took 4 days for recovery from the Coburg Half Marathon. Usually 3 days is enough, but since the Hard Core...
Coburg Half Marathon 2018: Race Report
Caught in between wanting to race and knowing I’m not as fast as I want to be. Leading into the Coburg Half Marathon the excuses not to race built up. None of the were good reasons. Only excuses. My training has been the basics of base training. Most...
Injury Proof Your Running In 6 Steps
Get more out of your running by staying injury free. Keep those improvements coming by avoiding time out of training. I’ve had very few injuries in over 20 years of running. I credit a deliberate effort to avoid injury as the main contributor. Hopefully my approach can you injury...
Return To Training And Back Up Plans: Training Log
Smashing yourself at an ultra marathon and taking a full week off doesn’t put you at your fastest. That’s alright. It is part of the cycle of training. This last week I returned to running. It was great to be moving again but I was certainly slow. I learnt...
How To Train Without A Goal Race: 3 Steps To Setup Your Running
How do you get your training together when you don’t have a goal race? We’ve heard it before so many times before. Focus on your goal. Use your upcoming race to kick up your motivation. What if you don’t have a goal race? How do you get your training...
Recovery Week After An Ultra Marathon: Training Log
Some races you pull up in better condition than others. My body was the most spent it has ever been after the Hard Core 100 mile. My recovery week after an ultra marathon is a 3 step process: Sleep Rest Eat 1. Sleep For the first 2 days...
Hard Core 100 Mile: Anatomy Of A DNF
What does it take to DNF at a 100 mile race and still be happy? My first 100 mile race didn’t go to plan. It was cut short at 110km. In the hours and days following I’ve gone through a mix of emotions. Mainly flipping between disappointment and happiness....
Hard Core 100: Race Week Doubts
What goes through your head in the week before a big race? Doubts are normal. Here I share my strategies for overcoming race week doubts. Only a couple days out from my first 100 mile race. I’m nervous. Despite having raced many different ultra distance races, this will be...
Hard Core 100 Training Plan
Training for a 100 mile race is intimidating. The Hard Core 100 in the You Yangs, July 2018 will be my first 100 mile race. Here I outline my 10 week Hard Core 100 Training Plan. To go with this post I have created a simple PDF outline of...
Wings For Life 2018
Putting down some big goals for Wings For Life 2018. I hoped to regain the running form from 10 years ago. Back when I had less commitments in life. From where my fitness was back in December last year, it was going to be a very big ask. The...