I don’t know of a single runner who isn’t looking for a magic formula that will make them run faster. That has been my quest for nearly 4 decades. After years of mistakes, I can finally say that...
Category: Training
Maximizing Recovery After Running Too Long, Too Fast, Too Soon
One of the things I like about trail running is that the training is far less structured than during the years when I ran competitively. However, this loose structure has also caught me out on more...
As a trail runner, living in a mountain village is a privilege. Every day provides the opportunity to run on nearly endless trails right from my front door. It seems as if the only thing that limits...
As a trail runner, I have often been inconsistent with what I do as a warmup before a run - if I do anything at all. My mindset has always been to take the first few miles on the trail at an easy jog...
During the years when I ran competitively, I was always trying to do the absolute maximum amount of training that I could manage as I believed that more training was always better. For some reason, I...
We all know that trail running involves running both up and down hills of varying lengths and gradients. If we want to get better at trail running we need to incorporate hill workouts into our...