I thought I’d explain a bit about what, how, why of tapering! I'm using a marathon as an example in this blog post, you also need to...

So, let’s have a think about preparing for the London Marathon. It’s around 8 months away now which is bags of time to prepare. This...

Pacing yourself can have a massive difference on how much you enjoy the race and how you feel towards the end and, if you have a target...

Some quick tips on post race recovery - this focusses on the marathon as an example race. I’m here today to remind you to take recovery...

You might have heard about carb loading, and before I go into it I thought it might be useful to explain a little about why we do it and...

This post is written more for road and marathon runners. Suffice to say walking, and practicing walking, is even more of a required skill...

I know as runners we often love the stats but it’s important to know that GPS isn’t 100% accurate. It depends on your watch/phone, the...

Here are some quick, key points about nutrition for marathon training, focussed on the London Marathon as an example :) Nutrition for...

So i'm going to start by saying, I'm not a big fan of New Years Resolutions. We tend to pick a big list of fairly challenging goals which...

You may have heard about SMART goals from a job, but they can be really useful ways to set goals for all sorts of aspects of life...

When I work with a new runner I often like to ask them about their running; and within that conversation it's pretty common for them to...

Many runners I work with think recovery blocks are just for the professional/elite runners. I'd argue with that. The concept of taking a...

Have you ever read one of those stories, about how someone finds super human strength in a life or death situation? Suddenly a parent can...

In this post I'm putting together my answers to some marathon frequently asked questions! Why do my long runs feel so tough? Long...

Many runners struggle to run slow enough on their long or easy runs, and it's so important for training. So in this post I'm going to...

In this post I've collected up all the videos I've done on mindset for running in one central place and also added information on where...

A good friend of mine recently set off on a massive challenge that he didn't manage to complete all of. After chatting things through on...

Given the variable weather we have here in the UK it's worth understanding a bit about heat acclimatisation, how it works and how it can...

There is a concept in the world of physiotherapy called “psychosocial factors”; which basically means everything that’s going on in your...

It’s good to understand science! Marketing/advertising campaigns, newspapers, websites, even governments bandy around the terms...