Physical Testing for the run

Don’t just sleep-walk through your training. If you are putting in the time, yes you should be getting faster and more fit, but it is important (not to mention gratifying) to have the stats to prove it.  A great test is to do a run on the track at [...]

Move in different directions

Triathletes work the same major muscle groups while riding and running – moving straight ahead – and imbalances can develop because the stabilizer muscles around the hips and pelvis are relatively weak. This time of year is a great time to focus on your core and get those under-utilized [...]

Drink V8 Juice

Here are the ingredients: water and and tomato paste, juice of: celery, beets, parsley, lettuce, watercress, spinach, with salt and seasoning. You get 3 servings of vegetables per 354 ml serving (one bottle) and all sorts of great things like Vitamin A, C, E, B6, iron, calcium, magnesium… without [...]

Alternate running shoes

When you’re putting in high volume run weeks you could help prevent injury by having more than one pair of running shoes.  Alternate each pair of shoes from one run to the next.  This helps your small connective tissues and joints get a very slight break by working in [...]

Train with consistency

Consistency is your best friend when it comes to improvement. Try your hardest to get something done every single day during a particular block of training. Consistent small workouts every day will outweigh the weekend warrior approach. For sure your Monday-Friday training volume will be lower than the weekend [...]

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