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Law 4: Don’t Set Your Daily Training Schedule In Stone

Don’t set yourself a daily schedule; it is far more sensible to run a weekly one, because you can’t tell what the temperature, the weather or your own condition will be on any given day. You don’t know what the weather will be like on race day. You don’t know how you’ll feel. You don’t know what the temperature will do. If every time you encounter anything inclement, you fail to train then you are depriving yourself of many opportunities to develop mental and physical toughness. There are some runners I know (and I had a tendency towards this too!!) who will grab any excuse to postpone a training session. This is a charter for doing so!! However, there is also a sensible side to the law. There are runners I know who become so … [Read more...]

Always Start With The End In Mind

I know I run the risk of upsetting some people but running clubs often prevent runners from achieving their best performance. "Don't be afraid to give up the good to go for the great." John D. Rockefeller Many running clubs in the UK have a club championship – a series of races throughout the year where runners score points based on finishing position relative to other runners in the same club. With races spread throughout the year, many runners are often racing two or three times a month over varying distances. As a consequence, the training that many runners do fits into the gaps between the races. One of my favourite authors, Steven Covey wrote about the 7 Habits of highly Effective People. Habit #2 is ‘Always Start With the End … [Read more...]

Law 4: Don’t Set Your Daily Training Schedule In Stone

Always Start With The End In Mind

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