Unique and detailed insight into the lessons I'm learning on my journey as an athlete & coach in the sport of trail running and ultra-marathons.
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Our time in Tignes is nearly over. It’s been a great training block, and honestly, the memories I’ve made this time around have far exceeded those from a few years ago when I was here. I think it’s because I’ve got to experience it this time around with my family. I don’t know, it just seems like the conditions have been better, there’s been more going on throughout the day. There’s certainly been…
Unique and detailed insight into the lessons I'm learning on my journey as an athlete & coach in the sport of trail running and ultra-marathons.
I think I’m finally at the point where I’ve dwelled on Western States enough (I wrote this part like 4 days ago, so I’m definitely over it now). It’s funny how much weight a race result can carry. For months, sometimes years, you build towards a single day. You put everything into the preparation, make sacrifices, and convince yourself that when the opportunity comes, you’ll be ready. Then the day…
As I mentioned at the end of my last update, the final piece of this Western States build has been in Flagstaff - 2100m of beautiful altitude. Subscribe now The last few weeks here have been the biggest training block I’ve ever done. Not just in terms of volume, but in the consistency of stacking quality weeks together and actually absorbing it. Some keys stats for you: 7 of the last 10 weeks have…
Using that at UTA 50km
Unique and detailed insight into the lessons I'm learning on my journey as an athlete & coach in the sport of trail running and ultra-marathons.
My Substack has been a bit quiet over the last few weeks. Sometimes it’s good to voice things when they’re a bit difficult. But that’s not typically my way of doing things. I’d rather crack on and talk about them when things are on the up. So here we are… Post-Tarawera, everything was on track with a really solid recovery period, then back into training. The body felt like it was coming around…
Unique and detailed insight into the lessons I'm learning on my journey as an athlete & coach in the sport of trail running and ultra-marathons.
Let's catch up and recap on Tarawera and any other Q's you may have
This post is being fired out on race day. But with the help of Dr Sam Shepherd from Precision Fuel & Hydration, I’m sitting here writing this now, at the start of race week, feeling calm and well prepared. I’ve had a nutrition plan before, but for the first time I’ve got a clear picture of the total products required (see the Race Nutrition Checklist at the bottom of this post). Just knowing that…
