….but no time for a run!
I went to my first ever circuit class 3 weeks after having my baby in April 2012 and I was instantly hooked. I’ve been going twice a week ever since and feel much stronger, particularly in the core. Interestingly, I had terrible back problems after having my first son, but I have remained injury free this time around despite being 8 years older.
I say injury free, read more
…not ever so long!
It’s been a while since I have been able to do my long run off road. Before our recent addition to the family, my husband and I did our long runs together and a large percentage of them would be off road. Our favourite runs were on the South Downs. Today, he got up early to run on the Downs with friends, and I met him up there 2 hours later to do a solitary long(ish) read more
…..and sleep training.
My session today was one which I usually look forward to with a mixture of anticipation and dread – 6 x 1 kilometre (at 10k pace) with 90 seconds recovery. I usually do these sessions on a disused railway / trail but, after my encounter with an unfriendly dog 2 days ago, I looked for an alternative. The good thing about the old railway line is that it is relatively read more
…and I always struggle with those!
Rest days are an important part of any training schedule, but I think it’s quite common for even the most of experienced athletes to feel guilty for ‘taking a day off’. However, the body needs rest days so that it can recover, repair, rebuild, and strengthen. The body needs to adapt to the training you have already done and allow a ‘training read more
….and darned dogs!
I was looking forward to this morning’s threshold run! A hard session, but not too hard – pleasantly hard, if there is such a thing.
As a rule, I don’t like to run hard sessions first thing, but my day was going to be a busy one and I needed a good hour for this session – 10-15 minutes warm up , 4 x 8 minutes at threshold with 1 minute recoveries, and read more
The usual terms behind the letters of the mnemonic SMART when referring to goal setting are Specific, Measurable, Attainable, Realistic, and Time limited. I know there are others, but these are the terms most familiar to me. I was thinking, as I wallowed in a hot bath after my run, that these terms are quite limiting and safe when it comes to setting goals. That’s probably read more