July 2010
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Women’s Evening at Runner’s Need
Running specialist store Runner’s Need are hosting a women’s running evening at their Holborn store in central London on Wednesday 25th August, 6-8pm and I will be on hand to offer advice, information and tips for newbie and existing runners to get the most out of their training. And more importantly, there’ll be Champagne and cupcakes and a […]
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 […]
Pace lock - and how to avoid it
I came across a clever American term, ‘pace lock,’ the other day. I knew immediately what it was referring to because it’s something I often encounter with people who come to me for coaching. While budding runners may have built up their distance and/or frequency of running - and even got faster overall - they’ve got into […]
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 […]