While not all, many runners are flat with their training. Some are feeling un-motivated. Others are simply going through the motions and finding it challenging to give any grunt to what they are doing. This is completely normal. We are each experiencing an intense amount of stress away from our training that is not normally…
In the following update I will cover three useful websites for understanding some important information regarding COVID-19, preparing as a runner and contracting COVID-19 from a training perspective. Useful Websites The following three websites and articles provided a great deal of unbiased and useful information. The following Q&A website from the Australian Institute…
Want to have fun on a trail and ultra running camp with like-minded runners on some of the best trails in Australia? Of course you do! Come and join us on an adventure with the team from The Ultra Journey as we embark on the finest trails in Otway National Park, Lorne, Victoria. Think,…
Why run 100km… ‘Because it will change your life!’ Why is a common question ultra runners get. To answer as above is simple, profound and true. Fortunately the quizzical looks you get in return are always priceless. Few will ever experience this or understand the power of this statement because for true understanding you…
Decoupling is when your heart rate and pace are not longer consistent with each other. Either heart rate rises relative to pace or pace drops relative to heart rate. This can be seen in the photo below. At the start of a run or race these two progress in unison. But if you…
The promise I make, the promise you make. The promise all the ultra runners I work with make to me is, that they will follow their ultra plan to the best of their ability. Run, implement, learn and grow. The promise I make to all the ultra runners I work with is simple, I will…
Are you a fitter ultra runner? Is your fitness better than the same time last year? Or better than when you headed into your last important race? Can you tell? If you can’t tell, how do you know if you’re going where you want to go? I am assuming where you want…
There are tools and there are gimmicks. There was a funky little plastic band a few years back. You could put it around your wrist and it made you better at everything! It was a gimmick. Tools on the other hand allow you to do a job better. If you want to bang…
Kyle Chalmers can swim! He’s not just great; he’s the best in the world. Chances are you can swim too, but you’ll be left a long way behind. When you swim there are plenty of things that you are doing, which are just wrong, hence why, you are nowhere near Kyle. If…
Last week we looked at the 1%ers. How does a coach achieve these? By… Asking the right question at the right time or asking no question at all. Pushing the runner to do more than they could on their own or pulling them back when they do too much. Getting the runner…