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I pulled a t-shirt out of the drawer today. On the back are the words ‘What’s Your Excuse? I got the t-shirt after running a 10 mile race a while back. I don’t wear it much because it’s the only race I ever won.
We all know that exercise is good for us on so many different levels, yet we often make the most ridiculous excuses for not exercising. On his blog, the great read more
It’s funny how we accept conventional wisdom as just that: wisdom. Ask any runner what is the best way to pace a marathon and they will almost certainly say run it at an even pace or with a negative split (negative split is 2nd half faster than 1st).
But, why is this? Simple, it’s because this is the advice that has been handed down over the years from respected coaches, published in read more
How do we know what level of mental pressure is optimum for our own performance in sport?
Of course, the amount of pressure we feel depends on many variables:
In fact, the list can be almost endless and will differ greatly depending on who’s written it.
One sport in which pressure can have a huge effect is tennis.
Tennis is a power sport, it is a finesse sport and points are won and lost read more
Earlier this year, the comedian, Eddie Izzard, completed a running feat that astonished just about everyone who heard about it; this was especially true amongst the running community. Any runner knows how hard it is to run a marathon. But what about running more than one marathon? Maybe 2 in a week, or 2 on consecutive days. The famous explorer Sir Ranulph Fiennes famously ran 7 marathons in 7 read more