I recently had a déja vu, when Kilian Jornet said during the Floris Gierman Extramilest podcast, that actually your preparation to a race is, what determines the necessary recovery type and period needed afterwards the race. That is what I have been saying to all my coaching clients, since the beginning of my coaching. When... Continue Reading →
What is a real recovery run ?
ChatGPT Open AI: A recovery run is a low-intensity workout that follows a high-intensity workout or a race. The purpose of a recovery run is to help your body recover by increasing blood flow to your muscles, flushing out metabolic waste products, and promoting healing and repair.Recovery runs are typically shorter and slower than your... Continue Reading →
Blog – Long Run Nutritional plan – Ultratrail
This will be my real first continuous long run. I had of course some 30km plus days, but never in one run and haven't been doing over 25km runs for a very very long time. In preparation to the French National Trail Champs the https://www.traildelacitedepierres.com/, I am really going to dial in race nutrition. This... Continue Reading →
Is there a limit to Zone 2 / MAF training
I just listened to the S2E162 of Koopcast https://www.jasonkoop.com/podcast and the Extramilest #56 https://extramilest.com/blog/gareth-king-extramilest-show-56/ podcast. I respect a lot Jason Koop and what he does for our sport and have been doing a very long time.On the other hand, I often totally disagree with his views, critiqued his book a multiple times and raise eyebrows... Continue Reading →
3 workouts that over 40 athletes don’t do to increase running speed, but SHOULD !
WHY ? This is the first and most important question. Why don't they do those ? Simply, because it leads down to rabbithole of other lacking areas. They don't do these, because they would need constant work on mobility, on flexibility, on biomechanics of all kind of movements. Over 40 runners don't want implement new... Continue Reading →
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