This is the shoe I've never dropped ! I mean, somehow I am always having a pair. The lightness and the foam density intrigues me. It has 4mm drop, what you can feel straight away, so it is not like a fake offset just to sell the shoe. It has a 17/13 mm slope what... Continue Reading →
“If you want to run fast in competition, you must run fast in training !”
Here you go. A training paper from Renato Canova written by John Davis in 2011. Click to download: Something new in training (Click) The very first thing what comes across is appropriate pacing at workouts. So for a training block or call it macrocycle if you wanted to, there are chosen training paces, to achieve... Continue Reading →
Interval training – trail running
There are not a lot of possibilities. Interval training is about a reference time. While for sure "10 x 2minutes hard with 45sec recovery" is interval training and can be done on any terrain even while running continuously, it still leaves a couple of unturned stones behind. At what elevation, on what type of terrain... Continue Reading →
BLOG: S4/11
Last weekend's tune up race left me a bit sore. In the previous macrocycle, I had done 1 tune up race, but I did not include it totally into my training. I actually micro-tapered before and micro-rested after. This left me with basically no fatigue, neither tiredness. This time I did not do anything like... Continue Reading →
Training BLOG: 10K cycle 2 training plan
The last interesting period was extremely successful. I tackled all the injuries, came out healthy and finished the first "A" race of the year with a win. I had and still have questions unanswered and made mistakes of course, but it turned out to be all great. The track workouts, tempo intervals and modulated race... Continue Reading →