Running is as much a mental sport as it is physical. As an endurance activity, you must both manage physical pain and exercise mental fortitude in order to overcome limits. At times the mental strength that you display can heighten your risk for possible injury, especially when it is...
A luxury holiday retreat in Bright, Victoria, has hit the market offering visitors a “luxury base camp without the summit.” The 5-star quality retreat claims to be Australia’s first commercial property with advanced high-altitude technology, allowing visitors to sleep at up to 3000m (the summit of Mount Kosciuszko, Australia’s highest peak is 2228m).
Are you chasing that elusive sub 3hr marathon? Not sure exactly how to do it? Benita Willis (Oceania marathon record holder - 2hr22) has listed 12 key things to think about:
Be realistic – is it attainable for you this year? Sometimes you are better off taking smaller chunks...
This week on Inside Running:
https://itunes.apple.com/au/podcast/inside-running-podcast/id1304874265?mt=2
Julian gives an extremely detailed debrief on his Vic Country Champs weekend, placing 2nd in the 5000m & 1st in the 10 000m across two nights, taking in the uplifting atmosphere despite coming down.
Brad has another impressive week running with the Telford group,...
Marathon training is the ultimate test of both will and physical endurance. You must have the discipline to undergo the proper training, the determination to have the proper mindset, and the fortitude to stick to a marathon training diet to run the distance. Otherwise, you risk injuring yourself in...
The exhilarating feeling that you get when you run can be addictive and you might be tempted to push your limits just to beat your own record. Although this demonstrates a powerful mindset and grit in runners, you shouldn’t go as far as ignoring health cues and sacrificing your...
I wanted to share with you my experience at Big Sky in Bright, and how this experience is different from what I feel when at home in Sydney. My auxiliary training (everything outside of my sessions) in Bright was almost identical to what I’d do in Sydney. I had one run that was longer than what I’d normally do, but that was really it. However, there were two things that were drastically different during my time here- the altitude I slept and recovered at, and the different styles of session that I experienced as a result of being here. This feeds in to my discussion of altitude training versus the training camp effect.
ALTITUDE | A column by Jaryd Clifford – Runner’s Tribe
“It is not the mountain we conquer, but ourselves.”
Sir Edmund Hillary
In the mountains, even the strongest stumble. Every step is gruelling, every breath a battle. It is an environment that demands courage. It is a place where only the toughest survive. It...
Known as the ‘two-nights rule’, many athletes believe that sleeping two nights prior to race day has a positive effect on performance; more of an effect than sleeping the night before. This seems to be particularly true of longer distance runners and triathletes. Some believe this to be total...
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Matt Fitzgerald is an acclaimed endurance sports coach, nutritionist, and author. His many books include On Pace, The Endurance Diet, 80/20 Running, and How Bad Do You Want It?
James Spragg is a young South African exercise physiologist...
