5 Top Tips for your Marathon Preparation

5 Top Tips for your Marathon Preparation

Get to the Start Line of Your Marathon ready to Race If you have been lucky enough to secure a place in a marathon this year there are some key factors you need to take into acocunt to make sure you have good marathon preparation and get to the start line in great...
How Interval Training can change your Marathon

How Interval Training can change your Marathon

Marathon running – The importance of Intervals Yes, you have to run 26.2, but that should not dictate every training session you complete. You may or may not be surprised to find out, that a programme with various intervals will yield the best results. Tempo...
What is a tempo run, and when should you use it?

What is a tempo run, and when should you use it?

Keep a consistent pace and build efficiency     Tempo runs would be a fantastic addition to your training, especially for marathons and half marathons. It’s all about maintaining a consistent pace – running at a pace the is ‘comfortably hard’. With regular...
Why Overstriding is an Injury waiting to happen

Why Overstriding is an Injury waiting to happen

The Consequences of Overstriding You have may have heard it spoken about, with peers or on our blogs,  but let’s get into some detail. What is overstriding? And why is it bad for your body? Overstriding is when the foot and leg land significantly in front of your...
Make Your Marathon a Great Experience

Make Your Marathon a Great Experience

Marathon training – the Do’s and Don’ts. Making Every Athlete maximise their Race Day Congratulations on setting a terrific goal. Running a marathon is one of the most rewarding experiences a runner can partake in. It’s difficult! But if you take the right...