Reading Time: 4 minutes If you’ve never had a running coach then just pretend that you’re the running coach. We are all guilty of not listening to our inner coach. Sometimes we even let our emotional insides get the best of us and make silly and stupid mistakes. One of my silliest mistakes was thinking that I had prepared […]

Reading Time: 2 minutes Happy interval day! Intervals can help improve your speed and aerobic capacity so that you can run those longer paced tempo runs at goal pace (race pace). Here is a quick interval session I ran this morning. The interval layout looks like this: 1 x 2 x 8 1 = 1-minute running at 80% maximum […]

Reading Time: 4 minutes Your running body is pushing forward. Propelling you at a perfect pace. The temperature is a cool 60 degrees. The music is pumping, keeping you focused and locked in. You’re in deep in the zone. There is a knock at the door. You know who it is but you ignore the knocking. Again, the door […]

Reading Time: 2 minutes Chafing is caused when skin rubs against sweaty skin over and over again. Normally this occurs during the warmer summer months but can easily occur in the colder months as well. There are several different areas that are susceptible to chafing. These are: Groin area (mainly men) Inner thighs Armpits – due to sweat glands […]

Reading Time: 3 minutes First of all, shortcuts don’t exist, and if you think that you can bypass long runs during a long distance training cycle such as a half marathon – think again. Long distance training should never be at goal pace (race pace). When I say long distance I’m talking anything over 6 miles. 1. Slow down […]