How To Increase Running Mileage Safely. Part 2: Finding The Sweet Spot In this blog I will outline how to manage training load and find the sweet spot to improve readiness to train and reduce the risk of injury. If you haven’t yet read part 1 then I’d recommend you head back and read it before moving on to this blog. You can read it here. Finding the ‘sweet spot’ We know that a high training volume is supportive of…
How to: Increase Running Mileage Without Getting Injured Part 1: Monitoring your training load How to increase running mileage? It’s the age-old problem. How much is too much? With running we inevitably want to run faster or further but doing so often leads to injury or illness. This then requires a step back in training and progress is often lost. As a runner you want to do your best to avoid this. So how do you get the balance right?…
How To Get Faster By Running Slower Want to know how to get faster by running slower? Part 2 of the ‘Physiology of Endurance Training’ blog series covers the different types of running training you should be doing and why. If you’ve not read part 1; ‘The Core Components of Endurance Training’, I’d suggest heading there now and coming back here later. Now we know what factors constitute successful endurance performance (if you don’t, head to the previous blog by…
The Core Components Of Successful Endurance Performance In order to produce a successful endurance performance, you must first establish an effective training plan. In this blog I am going to discuss the basic physiology that underpins endurance exercise and the factors that contribute to successful endurance performance. Having this understanding is an important first step in executing a successful performance; whether it be run, bike, ski, row or swim. But first, back to school… When we undertake endurance exercise the predominant…
