by Karl Zeiner | Mar 10, 2016 | Coaching, Training, Triathlon, Weekly Roundup
Skiing again Only 1 week after our ski trip to Glencoe saw us return to Scottish skiing slopes. This time we headed for Glenshee. The forecast was mixed with a low chance of some sun but wind dropping during the day. We got held up on our way there as there was a...
by Karl Zeiner | Nov 21, 2013 | Running, Speed training, Training, Uncategorized
I wrote a blog post on this last year and thought I would use this as a reminder to highlight how useful the Cross Country (XC) racing season can be to work on running speed over the winter. Over the last two winters I took part in the Borders XC Series held by a...
by Karl Zeiner | Nov 14, 2013 | Running, Training
I was going to write this post a couple of weeks ago before going into the Jedburgh 3 Peaks Ultra race, but time got in the way. Below are five short reports of the long training runs that I did in the period from end September to mid October, which I alluded to in my...
by Karl Zeiner | Oct 17, 2013 | Nutrition, Training
Riding on Empty … well not quite, but yesterday’s ride was a bit down that line. I went out for a 3 hour ride yesterday morning, actual ride time was just under 3 hours but I was out of the house for closer to 3:30 hours. I left the house around 10:30 am...
by Karl Zeiner | Aug 15, 2013 | Coaching, Running, Training
Yesterday I did a series of downhill repetitions with one of my athletes in the Pentlands. To me this is an element of trail and hill running that is too often ignored. The approach is more likely that when in races (especially longer ones) to take the descents easy...
by Karl Zeiner | Aug 7, 2013 | Coaching, Training
Be it cycling, running or adventure racing, one of the most important things to consider is how to pace the event early on. Especially if the first couple of days are relatively short there is a huge temptation to “race” these days as if they are standalone events. A...
