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When you break the big laws, you do not get freedom; you do not even get anarchy. You get the small laws. – GK Chesterton

August 7, 2009 By Leave a Comment
running coaching, marathon training

Dr Timothy Noakes is Professor in the Discovery Health Chair of Exercise and Sports Science Department of Human Biology at the University of Cape Town and is the author or co-author of more than 350 scientific publications and is on the Editorial Boards of 13 international scientific publications. He is also a veteran of over 70 marathon and ultramarathon events – so he doesn’t just study running in isolation, his studies are lived out in his own training. His book Lore of Running is widely praised as the most complete such book yet written - the "Bible" of running. Currently in its fourth edition, it runs to over 900 pages and covers every aspect of running. If you don’t fancy reading it, you could just use it for weight … [Read more...]

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“Do what you can with what you have where you are.” Theodore Roosevelt

July 2, 2009 By Leave a Comment
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Runners come into the sport through many different routes. Some were runners at school, trained with a running club and kept up running through their adult lives. Others played other sports and took up running in later life. Others started to run to lose weight, get fit or support a charity. All runners have a different physiological makeup. They have different balances of slow twitch and fast twitch fibres. Many running books and training plans have a generic, one size fits all package that takes no account of the individual differences of each runner. So, how can we address the differences? I’ll give you an example. I have two athletes who are both training to run a 40 min 10k. In order to prepare for the race, I will include … [Read more...]

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Always have a plan, and believe in it. Nothing happens by accident. – Chuck Knox

June 20, 2009 By Leave a Comment
running coaching

Wednesday evening was always club night. A group of somewhere between ten to twenty runners would set off, usually running nine miles at about seven and half minute miling. It was intended to be a social run and would always start with a lot of banter. However, normally at about the six mile point, one or two of the guys would gradually start to wind the pace up. For them it was almost a point of honour to be the first one home. Everyone else seemed to get carried along and what had started as an easy social run often finished with guys running faster than race pace just to keep up!! That is not running smart!! When training smart, every time you start a run, you have a clear idea of your session – how far, how fast and what training … [Read more...]

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