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Rolling all the eggs into one basket
Now that we had achieved the summer goal of going sub 45 minutes for 10km, we needed to start turning our attention to being ready to switch to the marathon training which would occur 6 weeks before the race date of December 8th 2013. This article follows on from –...
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Farah loses to Bekele’s tactical nuance
One thing came out of today's GNR with Paula Radcliffe and her commentary, she is no doubt a great time-trialer but seemed to show she knows nothing about the tactical battles that take place at the top level amongst the men. She kept mentioning that Mo Farah was...
Intro to the athlete AB
The end April this year; 2013, I approached a local athlete on the island of Lanzarote (and it is with her permission that I am writing this blog) with the intention of training her. One of the main ideas behind this, was that I knew my wife would be needing a...
INSPIRATION
Intro to the athlete AB
The end April this year; 2013, I approached a local athlete on the island of Lanzarote (and it is with her permission that I am writing this blog) with the intention of training her. One of the main ideas behind this, was that I knew my wife would be needing a...
COACHING
Racing her first 10k races
After the Copenhagen Marathon, MrsDuck prepared for a race through the streets of Ystad in the South of Sweden, some 60km from Malmo. The Wallanderloppet, is run over a distance of 6km and finishes at the town square. The race is normally held in July, and on this...
EVENTS
Hotel and Onwards
The Tel Aviv Marathon trip continued well here I was in the plush surroundings of the InterContinental David, which is part of the ICH Group, just in case such matters interests you, that is. Booked in; all rolling well and off on my way to the room that awaits. Now,...
CHAT
Racing her first 10k races
After the Copenhagen Marathon, MrsDuck prepared for a race through the streets of Ystad in the South of Sweden, some 60km from Malmo. The Wallanderloppet, is run over a distance of 6km and finishes at the town square. The race is normally held in July, and on this...
NEWSFEED
COACHING
Thoughts behind the programs
This post has been moved from the forums so that we could refer users to this url when asking similar questions. The following questions were originally asked by JamieH: 1. How much science is there behind the spacing of the 5x2k, Long run and 6x1k in the programme,...
The making of the athlete AB
After the 5km time-trial, the week before, we now prepared towards the 10km which would take place on the 20th July in Playa Blanca. This article follows on from - Intro to the athlete AB. I have been given permission to write a warts and all blog about the ups and...
Intro to the athlete AB
The end April this year; 2013, I approached a local athlete on the island of Lanzarote (and it is with her permission that I am writing this blog) with the intention of training her. One of the main ideas behind this, was that I knew my wife would be needing a...
sub 60 minute schedule added
Incredibly, after being involved in road running since 1982 and performance coaching since 1984, I finally have to admit that I was a touch of an elitist, and considered that everyone should be running sub 60 minutes for 10km. At least, that should be the standard...
Progressive Training
Often when discussing the 10k Training Programs, I read and reply to users of the forums who discuss training methods and the want to do other sessions such as hillwork to be incorporated into the schedule or tempo runs. Now whereas all these particular sessions are...