Rest #REDBED Day 21
Today is #REDBED Day 21 and was a tough one. Not so much emotionally, but definitely physically! Training and rest I’ve mentioned in a couple of previous posts about the way that training and over-training…
Training
Too much of a good thing? #REDBED Day 6
It took me quite an effort to get up this morning. The effect of doing lots of running yesterday, having done a lot of running in the previous few days! Today’s run I spent the…
(Great) Obese Britain
I make a general effort to avoid the news. Since my illness last year I tend to find that there are so many potential triggers that affect me, it’s safer to avoid it. And to…
Stryd – Running with power
This is a first impressions post about the new Stryd module which is the first device to specifically measure power whilst running. For cyclists, power has been a metric which has been used for years to…
Training software – revisited
On February 15th I wrote a quick article looking at some of the running software available online / on mobile devices. I thought it was time for an update on this to give a little…
How many muffins make a marathon?
Well, 3 weeks after the back started to niggle and I’m still out of training. The sciatica decided to go for another twist yesterday and another trip to the osteopath was required. It’s getting beyond…
8 Stages of Marathon Running
A colleague at work told me about this. Partly true and a good reason why good planning and training pays off. In the meantime, I’m still unable to run at the moment. It would appear…
Challenge 2014 goes live
I’ve been trying to select the right time to officially launch Challenge 2014:Marathon & More and that time happened this evening. Actually the big reason for the low-key start was that I didn’t want to…
Of sleep, training and treadmills that bite
Perhaps it’s the effect of the 5am starts during the week, but I slept in today. Sleepbot reckoned on 12h7m of snoozing which is a lot compared to my average of about 8 hours. On…
Single-channel training
I did pretty well last year avoiding colds. Maybe there is truth in that when you’re in good fitness you can be a little more resistant to the bugs. Anyway, despite that, I have succumbed….