cross training
Balancing act
I’m trying hard to stick to the pledge I made when I was injured - that when I was fit again, I would keep up the non-running stuff - the swimming, cycling, yoga and core training - to help ‘injury-proof’ my body. But a quick glance at the training diary shows that the sessions that are getting […]
Running - pure and simple
I have some niggles that are niggling enough to force me to take my own advice and cross-train instead of run, for now. So I thought I’d go out on my road bike, on a 20-mile loop . Ten minutes later, having finally located my long cycling tights and thermal jersey, I got my bike out the shed, pumped […]
All going swimmingly
It was injury that forced me into the pool recently, and it’s fear of re-injury (and acknowledgement of the importance of cross-training my way back to fitness) that’s kept me there. But a funny thing happened this morning. I realised I was actually enjoying it. Just for a moment, my stroke came together perfectly and I […]
Dog on wheels
Not being able to run brings out the resourcesfulness in a woman desperate to get a fresh air fix and some exercise without doing further damage to an injured foot. So let me present the ‘doggy ride’ trailer: not only does it motivate me to get out on the bike more, it also provides a […]
Marathon wisdom part 3: cross-training
Lots of budding marathoners include cross-training in their programmes - largely because many marathon training schedules tell them to. I’m all for cross-training, but you need to know what its purpose is in your schedule. Is it supposed to be a recovery session? (In which case, that intense Spinning class isn’t really fitting the bill…) […]