Hard Months, Big Rewards: This Week in Team Orange
It’s your weekly round up folks. What have the team been up to this week? I’ll start by saying sometimes running is tough, the training is hard and you feel like you are being…
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Beckley 10k: The Happiest Hills in Sussex
I love the Beckley 10km. It’s one of those races where I’m not sure why it happens, as it’s a challenging route, but everyone seems so happy. I think yesterday’s staging surpassed…
Never Again? Famous Last Words
I'm glad I did the Beachy Head marathon 2 years ago. Did I enjoy it? Well have you seen the video ? There was a reason Sweary Simon came out to play that day. That race chewed me…
Fireworks, 100k and a Weekend of PBs
Such are the incredible achievements of the team, it’s hard to know where to start in my weekly roundups. So it’s only fair to begin with Anna. If anyone was awake earlier than…
The Magnificent Seven
Seven runners, seven PBs. The Magnificent Seven. That’s what the team pulled off this weekend, across four different half marathons spread over the South of England, the Great…
Chasing Stars, Not Just PBs
It feels like a while since I mentioned the 100% Club. Prior to the new platform launch I'd spend hours calculating your points and compiling the list. Almost guaranteed I would…
How fast should you run your interval sessions?
As a coach, creating a session for a big group is tricky. The ability range can be vast. You may have 16-minute 5k runners and 30-minute parkrun runners. If they are doing the…
Run for you...nobody else!
I honestly cannot remember the last time I did an easy Sunday run. Perhaps it was even the one which caused my injury back in October last year. But boy did I enjoy it yesterday…
Failure is part of Progress
My target at parkrun this morning was to run my quickest 5k this year. I failed. It feels a bit shit to be honest as I was confident I could beat my time of 20:33 from 2 months…
My Top 3 Threshold Sessions
In recent months I've become a bit obsessed with threshold training . My own running journey followed a familiar pattern adopted by many club runners. Focusing primarily on pace…
PB Runner - What's New?
Let's start with the Barry Richards 10K. What an evening. So proud of the team. It was tough. Our predictions were based on a modest forecast of 8mph wind. Who forecast that?…
My New Bestie
The headline of this blog post is a joke. Jax might not be grateful, but I found it funny. Which is normally how my jokes go down in our relationship. A new person has stepped…