Living at the bottom of Blencathra, this has to become a regular route in training as the mountain is one of the popular ones to ascent in the Lakes alongside the likes of Helvellyn, Skiddaw and Sca’fell. From our house, the trip, out and back, is 11.6k with 770m of elevation. I can see most…
Most of us will run whilst on our periods. And that may pose challenges both with training and racing. Elite runners have spoken about the impact on performance and some elites utilise their regular hormonal circle to inform their training choices since performance is not linear throughout. But for most of us, the practical implications…
Delve into the demands of achieving peak training volume for ultra marathon preparation. Discover valuable insights and tips to excel in your training. My biggest week of volume ever. 10h and 10 mins equating to 74.18km and 1,835m of elevation. Plus an hour on the bike, also with 223m of elevation. Completed whilst also moving…
Every week Strava resets to 0 km and every week you have to begin your week’s training from that 0 kilometres. Sometimes, its hard to get over that line and to re-kick off the process. Once over the line, its started and you are soon into a groove. Of course, there is also all the preceding…
This is the second week of 7:30 hours of training. Weights have gone by the way-side because of time constraints. Legs were tired so it seemed justifiable too. But, of course, they were on the original schedule and I could have done core/upper body. I am not letting this detract me though from the massive…
“So to start off, it’s sort of runnable. Slowly looking down, looking up, looking at me, but soon gets steep and unrunnable so let’s see.”
Looking back on my running recovery success story: growing determination, steady progress, and the joy of reclaiming one’s love for running. 20k with 325m of ascent seemed a steep challenge. Way above what I had recently done. I put in some training – hill reps that totaled 350m of ascend in one session and long…