Overload is the Key
Progressive Overload. This sounds boring. I’ll do my best to spice it up, I promise. It’s a term that every runner should be familiar with. It’s the main concept around all of the…
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Be Patient & Consistent to Achieve Your Goals
I often compare runners to football clubs. Bear with me. A football club needs to understand their potential and also their limitations. As a Norwich City fan I understand this…
Hills Reps
We all love hills right? I remember training for the 2018 Hastings Half Marathon when my fitness was particularly poor. I only ever ran on the seafront and the minute I reached…
Go Hard in Sessions
If you’re looking to make gains and improve your times across distances ranging from 5k up to half marathon, then the really important sessions are intervals. These can vary…
Train at Goal Pace
When I trained for my first marathon, Bournemouth 2018, I was a little disgruntled at the pace of my long runs. A wise head, or whom I assumed was knowledgeable in this field…
Run Tall
Probably the single most important running form tip you can focus on is to Run Tall!! I’m guilty of slouching myself and as someone that has spent the majority of the last 15…
Run Relaxed
Day 5 of my tip streak and I headed down to Hastings parkrun in my latest pair of running shoes. Slightly concerning this is the 4th pair I have purchased in as many months. I’ve…
10 Minutes Warm Up Run
10 minutes. That is not a long time. Considerably shorter than the time you are likely to be racing or running intervals in the forthcoming session. Ideally we’d always do a much…
Rest Days
I’ll keep this one brief today as whilst there isn’t a great deal of explaining to do, this running tip is very important. Rest Days. We all need them. And when I say rest, I mean…
Train in Groups
When I first started my own running journey I spent 12 months training on my own. It wasn’t until I completed my first half marathon and joined my local club Hastings Runners that…
Run The Trails
I have a lot of silly ideas. Some of them better than others. Some last minutes, some days, some even months. But I’ll always give them a try and you never know what the result…
Training Less Getting Faster
Before I reveal my secrets I’ll start by talking about the Barry Richards 10K. A Hastings Runners club only race held every August. In 2016, my first year as a member I ran a…