Cast you mind back to May and June of this year and you’ll remember that, despite the chilly weather we get in November, there were days when we moaned about it being too hot to run. The frustration f

‘Off-season’ suggests that it’s not part of the training cycle, so instead, think about it as the ‘recovery and preparation phase.’ You still need to ‘execute’ this part of the plan, even though it ma

One commonly overlooked factor to running performance is recovery. Because here’s the thing: how well you recover is just as important as how hard you train. “Without proper recovery, runners risk exc

You’re finally in the groove. Your fitness is improving and then suddenly, something twinges. A sharp pain in your knee. A dull ache in your hip. A foot that just won’t stop hurting. Injury is one of

A study in Frontiers in Psychology has shown that trail running in natural mountain environments can activate your ‘positive emotion centre’, potentially reducing anxiety. Another study from the Unive

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