There’s a guy at work who always tells me that he works smart, not hard. The way I look at it, he’s just bone idle!! So it’s great to seek to train smart not hard – but to do that, we need to know what it means to train smart. Here are the components that I include in smart training: • Have a challenging long term goal • Have a purpose for each training session • Train holistically • Plan and execute rest and recovery strategies • Use the latest research combined with running wisdom • Plan training that fits the character of the runner I believe that training smart is definitely the best way to go. But how about training hard? One of my favourite athletics memories (prepare for a big name drop coming up!!) was a day … [Read more...]