If you’ve entered a major event this summer, I’m sure you’ve already started to think about what ‘time’ or ‘result’ is achievable. Maybe you’re running a marathon, an ultra event…
Author: EpicEvents
Damage limitation and running performance
Many of you will have ran a marathon and you will be fortunate enough to have experienced DOMS. Here’s how it works… You finish the marathon exhausted and innocently go…
What is aerobic threshold?
One of the biggest discussions for endurance athletes is whether long slow distance work is of benefit or whether high intensity intervals give you more return for your limited time….
Training Zones Explained
We get lots of people who book VO2 max testing or lactate threshold testing as they want to establish accurate training zones. Depending upon what and where you read, there…
Build good habits before worrying about content
I need someone to write me a plan for the winter ahead! If I have a plan I’ll follow it! If we had £1 for every time we’d heard this,…
Reverse periodisation… well it’s not really is it?
The term ‘reverse periodisation’ became popular several years ago. The theory is very simple, rather than the traditional ‘winter base / aerobic miles’ followed by higher intensity work in spring…
There’s a perfect plan, then there’s a person who needs to do it…
Writing training plans and coaching are 2 separate things. Writing a plan is putting together a series of workouts, to best achieve a goal and coaching is working with people…
Aerobic training, it either works or it doesn’t…
There are many theories of how to best train for endurance sports. Some people prefer low intensity and greater volume, others prefer high intensity intervals and each has their own…
I’m having issues getting energy, what’s the solution?
Your stomach and gut works a little like a sieve. If you pour water into it, the water passes straight through without any problems. If you pour a milkshake into…
It was just a training race, it wasn’t important…
‘It was just a training race, it wasn’t really important…’ How many times have I heard that phrase thrown about? Using races as ‘training’ or to ‘monitor progress’ can be…