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It’s been a rough few months. I can blog now I’m coming out the other side and can see clearly through the fog of the 21st of January that things are not as bleak as they seemed. Not going to lie, December was a toughie. Facing burn out, mental, and physical fatigue and a loss…

Hi folks, I haven’t blogged for a while so here goes!!! Many of my athletes follow a combined pace target and heart rate target approach to their training. Including myself, I am really relishing seeing these ‘improvements over time’. My belief, like others, are that continued HR testing is a powerful measure of progress. Also,…

What is running recovery and why is it the number one key to success in reaching our goals… Recovery… Allows both our minds and our bodies that vital chance to Re-set after a heavy period of training and weekly totals. Time to take the focus off completion of sessions and solely focus on enjoyment. Time…

Blurry eyed and struggling to focus? It has been a long time since I have raced a race! The reason I say, ‘raced a race’, is because I am still racing. I am racing every day. Racing to hit target times, racing to catch heart rate zones, racing to top weekly mileage, even ‘secretly’ racing…

So, we are well into November and the second lockdown is presenting many of us with more opportunities to run. Think back to a simpler time, a ‘normal’ November the 9th. For me this is up at 6am, drive to work in the dark for 7:15am. Teach some very tired teenagers how to do trigonometry…

When I ask people why they run, or pose the question to people thinking of starting to run I hear the following: ‘It’s good for my health’, ‘I want to lose weight’, ‘I want to tone up’ or even ‘To give me some base fitness for my other sports’. Whilst these are all true, there…

First of all, Run 4 U and Perform training plans put the person at the centre of all the training sessions, from the weekly mileage calculations, the short term and long term goals to all of the advice offered. We make sure that at no point the athlete feels overwhelmed by giving daily and weekly…

Run 4 U and Perform can help you get back into shape post baby. There is a great deal of science behind what and when to do exercise post baby. I believe the key to success in getting back to or developing new fitness is to have someone in your corner. Somebody who knows how…