“I need a coach but I can’t afford the cost or time required to work with one.” This is a statement I hear often, very often… Private coaches are often maligned as being an unobtainable luxury in the world of amateur endurance sports. With a wealth of well-written books, articles, podcasts and videos it is believed by many athletes that … Read More
Adaptability – traits of great athletes
In the last article, I wrote about the traits of great athletes I covered consistency. I wrote about how the best performing athletes are not necessarily born superstar athletes but do everything in training and competition consistently. Prior to this, I wrote about sacrifice and how great athletes make fundamental changes in their lifestyles to meet goals and objectives. Many … Read More
Workouts for 5K runners wanting to run longer or faster
Once runners have caught the competitive running bug I usually hear two requests. I want to run in longer races or I want to run faster 5ks. For 5K specialists that want to run in longer distance races, the trick is to increase mileage and training volume safely over several weeks/months. I have seen many 5k specialists who will just … Read More