Wilson Kipsang & Edna Kiplagat both sped away from their Kenyan compatriots to claim their London Marathon crown in a fascinating day of racing. World Record holder Kipsang finished in 2:04.29 to set a new London course record and send a message to the host of world class runners in his wake. After breaking away from the lead pack, with Stanley … [Read more...]
Mo Farah & the 2014 London Marathon preview
April 2, 2014 By Leave a Comment
April is an amazing time of the year for Marathons around the world with the 2014 Boston Marathon on Monday 21st April, and London Marathon on the 13th April. The 2014 London marathon could be the best marathon field assembled yet. I wrote similar things last year and 2014 promises to be bigger. Amazingly much of the attention is on a debutant, … [Read more...]
Gold for the Gold Coast Marathon
March 28, 2014 By Leave a Comment
Last week entries to the Gold Coast Marathon opened for what promises to be a great weekend of racing. The Gold Coast event, to be held on the 5th & 6th July, includes a 2km & 4km Junior Dash, 5.7km challenge, 10km run, 21.1km half marathon & 42.2km full marathon, as well as a wheelchair 15km & wheelchair marathon. Gold Coast … [Read more...]
Abdominals & Core, Anatomy Explained
March 22, 2014 By Leave a Comment
We've included a few extra diagrams & explanations below for more detail on Abdominal anatomy. To revisit our explanation of key concepts of core strength vs abdominal strength head to our Introduction to the 6-week Core Strength Program. Week 1 can be found here. Your core muscles are made up of many muscle groups including: The Pelvic … [Read more...]
St Patrick’s Day Workouts
March 16, 2014 By Leave a Comment
Put down the Guinness & get your body moving before you start the feast of St Patrick. The 17th March holiday commemorates the day of St Patrick’s passing so this workout (inspired by our Irish OUTFIT X instructor Darren) is 17mins of maximum effort! We’ve given you 4 exercises, think of it as our 4 leaf (exercise) clover, to you! 17min … [Read more...]
Tracking recovery with your heart rate
March 10, 2014 By Leave a Comment
Measuring your heart rate is a great way to track your recovery from a major event such as a marathon or half marathon. You’ll first need to establish a baseline measure of your average resting heart rate. It may fluctuate a little daily so take it at the same time each morning (ideally before you get up out of bed) and establish your average. It's … [Read more...]
Post marathon recovery
March 2, 2014 By Leave a Comment
It’s been a week now since the Tokyo marathon & my recovery has been going well… but is not yet complete. Too many people rush back into training too quickly & don’t give their bodies the necessary recovery time. Inadequate recovery time puts you at risk of overtraining and increases the risk of injury. While the muscles in my legs are … [Read more...]
Tokyo Marathon 2014
February 24, 2014 By Leave a Comment
The Tokyo Marathon is an amazing race, and rightly one of the world major marathons. The Japanese people love & respect marathon running and as a nation have an amazing number of elite marathoners. Yesterdays race was won by Kenyan Dickson Chumba in a new race record time of 2:05:42. He beat home Ethiopian Tadese Tola (2:05:57) & compatriot … [Read more...]
It was the night before… Tokyo
February 22, 2014 By Leave a Comment
Only 12hrs to the 2014 Tokyo Marathon and I can’t wait! It’s always the most exciting time, the couple of days beforehand, but it’s also the time I just want to fly past as I start to get a little impatient. There’s always so much to do (especially when you’re away in a foreign city) but I just want the race to be here, the fun to start & the … [Read more...]
Prepare for a marathon & enjoy your holidays
February 18, 2014 By Leave a Comment
Travelling away for any event always has it’s difficulties… and fun. After all you're travelling for a reason, to experience life, so you don’t want to miss what’s on offer, but how do you balance everything? Ideally when travelling for a marathon you want things to be as familiar & routine as possible, but Japan presents plenty of challenges. … [Read more...]
