St Kilda, Sunday 5th December, 2010 A perfect morning in Melbourne saw over 5000 women turn out for the 25th annual Susan women’s runs. A really good, flat and fast course combined with the conditions made for fast running times without the distraction of men in the way!! We had a good contingent in both
Another article from Dr. Gabe Mirkin (http://www.drmirkin.com) which I found very interesting as it runs contrary to conventional advice… Lifting weights before puberty makes children stronger and has not been shown to stunt growth or damage the growth plates in their bones (Pediatrics, November 2010). The older the child, the greater the gain in muscle
This is our monthly awarding of the Stotan, to acknowledge an athlete in our group who has a notable accomplishment during the month. A full definition of The Stotan Code is here http://lovetherun.com.au/2010/09/26/the-stotan-code/. “We are true stotans. We run all day, never complain, and give it all we got in every race.” Nominations this month
By Campbell Maffett, (c) 2010 Deep water running (DWR) doesn’t get much good press, probably because the people who are mostly talking about it are doing it because they’re injured…and grumpy. Sure, it doesn’t compare to the satisfaction of “real” running and it is eternally boring, however, DWR can be a effective training session not
On Thursday 9th December (evening) the annual Zatopek:10 athletics meeting is on at Olympic Park, and is a big night on the Australian Athletics calendar. The feature events are the women’s and men’s 10,000m races in which the very best of Australia’s runners compete and is a great night of spectating for running fans. Plus
The conditions were 100% ideal for racing this morning which all athletes benefitted from. Nonetheless everyone had to complete the 1.9km swim, 90km bike and 21km run. The results speak for themselves – it was a great day for our guys and girls, which is really encouraging for the summer season ahead and the races
Sunday 14th November, 2011
I’ve just received a new batch of Love the Run clothing, this time using top quality adidas garments…and they look great. See the photo below. The front has the “Love the run” slogan, and the back has “run eat sleep repeat” logo with icons just above the hem, at the bottom. This time the colours
Our first group training camp with a small but motivated group heading up the Hume Fwy on Friday night – Rhiannon, Tim, Vince, Joel, Aemilia, Danni, Mike & me – with Shaun driving up early on Saturday morning. We stayed in the Not Out Inn at the Hume and Hovell Cricket Ground, an English style
On the weekend of 6/7 November a group of us headed up to stay at the Hume & Hovell Cricket Ground, Strath Creek, for a running and training camp.
This is not a reference to a type of training, but moreso the outcome/result of training over time. The point is simply that an athlete gains aerobic fitness (or even anaerobic fitness/tolerance) quicker than their structure – their bones, muscles, tendons and ligaments – can handle that fitness. For this reason I’m increasingly an advoctate
This is our second awarding of the Stotan, our monthly acknowledgement of an athlete in our group who has a notable accomplishment during the month. A full definition of The Stotan Code is here http://lovetherun.com.au/2010/09/26/the-stotan-code/. “We are true stotans. We run all day, never complain, and give it all we got in every race.” Nominations
Another article from Dr Gabe Mirkin (www.drmirkin.com) which provides some explanation and background to training strategies. It is generally a very good article – we use/apply the principles in our sessions without necessarily following the specific details he offers. To have great endurance for any sport, you have to do interval training: short
In a separate post called Stretching Q&A a few myths about stretching were debunked based on the advice from a sports physio. In essence, stretching is useful but not to the extent that is commonly believed, and the timing and type of stretching is critical to performance. The latest edition of “Modern Athlete & Coach”
I’m not an advocate of stretching as part of training sessions, in particular not as part of the warm-up or during the session. This is a conscious decision from my perspective, preferring dynamic warm-up and dynamic stretching via drills, stride-throughs, etc. Stretching post-session is a good idea, however, as part of muscle maintenance in the