Running Training

Week 1 Of The Hybrid Block

Last week was a down week.  A lighter recovery week with no intensity.  A recovery after Northallerton 10k This block is going to be a wee bit of a hybrid block.  The next marathon is 17 weeks so my intention is to work through a 10k-1/2 marathon phase and then crack on to the marathon …

Inspiration

Should I Follow My Passion?

I wanna tell you story.  I’ve summed it up with the title Should I Follow My Passion but there’s a touch more to it than that.  It’s about backing yourself, it’s about doing the thing, even if the thing has a conflicting interest.  It’s about the thing that niggles at you, that keeps nipping at your butt …

Running

Do I Need A Running Coach?

No one NEEDS a running coach, the question is more do you want one and will you benefit from one. Full disclosure, I’m not coached. I self coach.  I set my own blocks and my own sessions in advance (I will write an article about how I do it).  So let’s look at the pros …

Inspiration

Inspirational Stories – Anna Grace Taylor – You Can Do Whatever You Set Your Mind To

Met my wonderful friend, Anna Grace Taylor, this is her story….. I was born eleven weeks prematurely with my twin sister which resulted in brain damage. When I wasn’t crawling or walking like my sister, doctors first called me a ‘lazy baby’ but my parents knew something was going on and at eighteen months old …

10km Race Reports Running

Race Report – Northallerton 10k

The beautiful market town of Northallerton, situated in North Yorkshire, a little south of Darlington hosts an annual 10km run in association with a local charity, Pendragon Community Trust. OK, so I always thought that Northallerton was flat! I did Northallerton 10k back in the late 90s/early 00’s and I don’t remember it being anything …

Running

What You Need To Know & Do Before Your First Parkrun

Fancy doing your first Parkrun?  You might have heard people chatting about Parkrun and it spiked your curiousity but you’re a little bit unsure what it involves, whether it’s right for you and whether or not you’ll end up out of your depth.  This is my little introduction to all the things you need to …

Running

Squid Games For Runners – This Messy Happy

There’s nowt doing in January we thought!  Let’s dive into the Squid Games for Runners challenge.  We signed up, I had to then urgently watch Squid Games.  I’m a bit of a bugger at resisting watching stuff that’s super popular so I hadn’t seen it before I hit enter BUT I did get the premise …

Running

How To Recover From An Ultra

You’ve ran an ultra and perhaps you’ve not had your eyes on what to do once you’re finished. This article will dive into what you need to do on the other side..

Running

Top Tips To Start Running

Starting a running journey can be ridiculously intimidating.  It might be something you haven’t done in years or it might be something that you’ve never ever done.  It might be that you feel so unfit that you’re not going to be able to manage it and you may well just spend a whole stack of …