March 2011

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Run for Japan

By admin on March 24, 2011

Looking for a little inspiration to get out the door? Your next run could help the thousands of people made homeless by the earthquake and tsunami in Japan. Run for Japan has been set up to raise much-needed funds - and here’s the challenge: the goal is to cover 24,901 miles (right around the globe) […]

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Marathon Talk interview online now

By admin on March 24, 2011

I just got quizzed for Marathon Talk, the online resource for all things marathon-related, on how to put the finishing touches to your marathon training. You can now download the interview to your MP3 player - there’s even a version backed by music for you to listen to on your long run! Or you can […]

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The Art of Running

By admin on March 23, 2011

One of the biggest influences on my overall approach to running, and specifically, my running technique, is Malcolm Balk, a Canadian running coach and Alexander Technique teacher. I first met Malcolm over 10 years ago when I wrote an article about him for the Evening Standard. Initially, I found his ideas on how to run […]

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Are you biomechanically efficient?

By admin on March 14, 2011

Last November, at the UK Sport and Exercise Medicine conference, I found myself in a witty, irreverent and thought-provoking seminar by a coach and movement specialist called Kelvin Giles. UK-born, Giles has been coaching in Australia for the past three decades, and now, like Schwarzenegger, he’s back. Giles’s gripe - and the subject of that presentation - is […]

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