Cross Training For Distance Running
An important element of enjoying running, and ensuring longevity as a runner, is finding a form of cross training which can support your running training.
What Is It?
Cross training is a way to build running fitness without running. Typically, it involves exercise that mimics running but without so much impact on your body - cycling, walking, stair climbing etc.
Kristian Blummenfelt’s Trendelenburg Sign. Should He Fix It? The Answer Matters To You.
Recently, a picture of Kristian on Instagram caught my attention. He was running on a treadmill, and I thought my myself, "Huh... It looks as though he has a Trendelenburg sign."
How Do I Get Faster?
How did I knock some time off my Parkrun PB?
How do I gain some speed to perform better during mid-week soccer?
How do I improve my running speed to impress the selectors for that state development team?
How can I move quicker around the court to really annihilate my mates in tennis?
How do I get FASTER?
This article is about improving your running fitness as a time-poor recreational athlete using a simple, time-tested approach.
How To Train For Distance Running
A remarkable discovery has emerged from the eld of endurance sports and sports science in recent decades. In any endurance sport (where the event lasts for more than a few minutes), the top performers always train in roughly the same way. This holds true for running, swimming, rowing, cross country skiing etc.
Spring Run Club - Runners Rap Preview
I’m stoked to be collaborating with Say Yes Fitness to deliver Spring Run Club. It’s a six week course to equip people with everything needed to succeed as a fitness runner or recreational athlete.
Each week I deliver a Runners Rap - a short talk and notes about an important topic for comfortable, sustainable running, smart training and medium to long term improvement and performance.
Here’s one of the topics I covered in my week 1 Rap - Easy Running.
Dear Dave (a letter about lactate threshold)
You asked for some help in using the info you obtained from our 30 minute time trial last Wednesday.
Here it is!
That time trial is one method you can use to determine your lactate threshold heart rate and lactate threshold pace.
Kelpie Korrespondent #4: Sub-20 minute 5K Update
Well, I did it! That is - I ran a sub-20 minute 5K. Two weeks ago today, as it happens. At Claisebrook Cove Parkrun and in 19:47.
So, how did I do it?
Kelpie Korrespondent #1: Does 80/20 training really work for recreational athletes?
Here is a contrarian theory on 80/20 training: it may not be the best approach for recreational athletes who also have full-time jobs and significant other responsibilities, like raising children. Maybe I’m wrong? But I have a hunch that I’m on to something.
How To Start Running When You’re Unfit
Many are drawn to the simplicity and efficiency of running. It’s accessible, simple and – for those looking to lose weight – energy intensive. You burn a lot of calories when you run.
On the flip side, it can be uncomfortable and even painful. But it need not be so.