stretching
Workshop worked!
My inaugural running workshop took place on Sunday in Regents Park and was a great success. It was a lot of fun to teach, and it was great to have such a mix of participants along - from experienced 3-hour marathon runners to almost-beginners. Judging from the feedback so far, everyone feels they have something to take [...]
Yoga: your flexible friend
I have a confession to make. I can’t touch my toes. Not without bending my knees, anyway…
But then again, nor can most of the runners I know. I’ve long suspected that being a runner precludes being flexible – but I recently went to a ‘yoga for runners session’, taught by Laura Denham-Jones who is not [...]
Running Workshop on Sunday August 1st (Central London)
If you want to run faster, further and stay injury-free – or simply want to enjoy your running more – join me on this one-day workshop. We’ll be looking at running technique (with video analysis) and how to improve it, we’ll work on building running-specific strength and stability and we’ll cover proper warming up, effective [...]
Masterful performances
I was looking through the best ‘masters’ (over-40 runners) results for 2009 the other day – and noticed that the fastest times achieved by women in the 40-44 year old age group included a 16.40 5km race and a 72.14 minute half marathon. Pretty impressive, huh? Among the men, there was a pretty quick 15.06 [...]
To stretch…or not to stretch
Wasted time, or training essential?
I always finish my run coaching sessions with a static stretch, working – at a minimum - through all the lower body muscle groups. Why? I could offer a number of reasons…because stretching is an essential part of the cooldown. It helps restore muscles to their pre-exercise length. It reduces injury risk in [...]