Forget about anything you learnt about not listening to music, podcasts and audiobooks. Forget about the negative effects of anything other than running. Use anything actually to motivate you. Use anything to get you fitter. Use the bike, use the pool, use long yoga sessions, long stretching sessions, long pilates routines. When unfit, anything can... Continue Reading →
Strength and conditioning for runners
This will be closely related to a previous content of how to run 100 miles weeks. The final answer to that question was: you must simply need to have time on hand. This topic was triggered by the KoopCast 117th episode. I really liked the book of Jason Koop, Training Essentials for Ultrarunning. I like... Continue Reading →
Handling setbacks while coming back from a running injury
This going to be short and fast. I will not talk about re-injuring yourself here. There is difference between natural setbacks and stupidity. When you injure yourself on the same spot you were hurt in the first place, that is not following the gradual steps of rehabilitation. Too fast too soon ! What I will... Continue Reading →
How to run 100mile weeks from scratch ? …and why ?
The more you run, the better runner you become. The more you train aerobically the more you increase mitochondrial density, size and efficacy. The lungs are organs with a surface of a tennis court. They can breathe if demand is pressured. However if there is no demand, because there are no mitochondria, not enough blood... Continue Reading →
Protect your body, when coming back to training from sickness !!!
The thing is, that just because you are not sick anymore, it doesn't mean that you are healed. You are actually weakened, detrained and residual internal injuries are still present. For instance the diaphragme what is one of the strongest and most active muscles in the body is handling the breathing and the lungs and... Continue Reading →