With the Olympic extravaganza that was this summer and travelling down to London to be a part of it, it's been far too long since my last post, but things are settling back down now so normal service has resumed and the regular posts will...
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Last weekends leg of the Aviva Diamond League Grand Prix Series in London saw the final chance for a competitive outing for most athletes, and a chance for an always welcome confidence boost ahead of this years Olympic games. Despite the torrid conditions, there was some...
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Not really a proper blog post this time, but this picture was just too good not to share - it says it all perfectly...
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Recently our friends over at ForGoodnessShakes (@BringOnTomorrow) posted a tweet which posed a great question - which line do you prefer the most, the start line or the finish line? It made me stop and think for a moment, first about my own opinion, but...
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Yesterday was the 30th running of the Edinburgh Marathon and the 10th anniversary of the Edinburgh Marathon Festival, run under soaring temperatures (for Scotland at least!) and beautiful clear blue skies. Over 38,000 runners stepped up to toe the line and helped make it another...
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After my last post about specificity (Specificity is Queen), i had a few people asking me questions about the detail of how to keep things specific but also keep the body adapting, so i thought i'd write a little more about it in this post. Sport...
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A while ago i wrote a blog post called Consistency is King which discussed one of the most important training principles for endurance athletes - Consistency. A lack of consistency in training, whether that's due to illness, injury or anything else, is one of the biggest...
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