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Highland Fling Training Weekend – Day 2 – April 1, 2012
(for Day 1 click here) We woke up to a frosty but what looked like another fine day. There was a chill in the air and a cold wind. By the time we had breakfast the blue sky had been replaced with clouds and the only sun we saw were some lighter patches in the...
Highland Fling Training Weekend – Day 1 – March 31, 2012
A few weeks ago John Duncan – organiser of the Highland Fling Ultra marathon – posted both on the Highland Fling and West Highland Way Race facebook page to suggest a training weekend taking in the whole of the Highland Fling route from Milngavie to Tyndrum over 2...
2011 Season Review
Last year – 2011 – turned out to be a decisive year in terms of what I would be doing in 2012. It was a great year for running and an average year for triathlon mostly brought on with issue in my open water swimming. The year started off very well with some very...
Product Review – Brooks T7 Racer Running Shoe
I recently somewhat by chance got hold of a pair of Brooks T7 Racer Running Shoes. In September 2011 I had to replace my Nike Marathoners and got a pair of Saucony Fastwitch. These sadly only lasted around two months and Saucony were kind enough to refund me the money...
Single Leg Squat – a key strength exercise for running
Ironman World Champion Chrissie Wellington swears by them: Single Leg Squats! The Single Leg Squat is a very effective strength exercise to work on some key muscles which we need both in sport and in everyday life. For the main sports I coach (running and triathlon)...
Race Report: Beacons Ultra Marathon (45 miles) – Nov 19, 2011
Every ultra marathon is different and from every ultra marathon you learn something new. My main learning points from the Speyside Way ultra and the River Ayr Challenge were to do with nutrition especially in the latter stages of the race. Beacons Ultra is both longer...