Coach Thoughts: Building your Running for the long haul.
Coach Thoughts: How to re-focus and get back on track.
Coach Thoughts: The Shape of Things
Coach Thoughts: Don’t be ‘Karen.'
Coach Thoughts: My First Post-Lockdown Race Experience.
Each week, one of our our coaches jots down a short thought piece giving insight into elements of coaching, training, racing or mindset. This week Coach Kylie talks about her first post lockdown race experience, at Two Bays trail run.
The Two Bays Trail Run has been on my goal list for years but for a variety of reasons, one being the time of year it is on, it hasn’t happened for me. After coaching one of my girls to complete the 28km event 2020, it was firmly on my radar as my first event for 2021… then COVID struck!
If you fail, you learn. Sometimes…
Insta-Twit-Book is full of people who throw around motivational quotes and excerpts from great books. I’m definitely a fan of a good quote and I follow certain people, just to get these things delivered into my feed. There are a fair few quotes on the topic of failure, its learnings, and how we can then use it to ultimately succeed, particularly if you are following serial entrepreneurs.
This is all well and good, but I am also a big fan of experiencing things in order to learn them properly. So in order to learn from failure, you have to fail in person and experience that first hand. The challenge is that most people are not brought up that way so we actively avoid failure and feel judged on our failures. Failure is emotionally tough, dents our ego and so we take the safer option. Very few people enjoy failing.
Thursday Thoughts: The Obstacle is The Way
The unexplained highs of marathon running.
Learnings from the pain cave – ultra running and mindset
It is inevitable and expected with endurance sport that at some point things will turn ugly. I’m using this in the context of ultramarathon events when I’ve been on my feet for over 6 hours and everything is becoming increasingly uncomfortable and both physical and mental fatigue are taking their toll. Also referred to as the pain cave. I’m no stranger to the pain cave. I’ve completed a number of tough ultra races on both road and trail. This hasn’t made it any easier as all races bring different experiences and thus one of the weird and wonderful reasons we keep coming back for more!
Your Progress is in Your Hands.
Finding Her Way Back to Running - Abbie's Story
As a new mum, Abbie is navigating the tricky path back to running. Having previously ran 10km and half marathon events, she is looking to get back to that level of fitness, but has to contend with a new life and changes to her body. Here is her story of how she got into running and the differences she has found in her running post-baby.
Silver Linings for our Running?
So, we’re restricted now. For many people, theres no more office based job for 8 hours of the day. No more social drinks at the pub. No more organised gatherings.
Hmm… Even if we just take those three examples, it sounds like we might have more time on our hands, thus removing THE BIG excuse that we seem to use when not being able to keep consistent and move towards our running goals!
“There’s no such thing as bad weather, only poor clothing choices.”
If you are in Victoria, Australia you will have experienced the arctic blast that crossed the state last week. As if we haven’t already faced enough challenges to our training this year, now we seem to have been hit with a very early taste of winter. So how do you get yourself motivated and out running safely in these conditions? We thought we would jot down a few tips!
Want to keep running long term? Up your mental and recovery game
A couple of weeks ago, we published a blog looking at what we think are the most important considerations when you are starting out on your running journey. However, as we know, getting started is just half the battle. Keeping running is often the more challenging half of the equation. when we start to look at your overall trajectory, and keeping you active in the longer term, certain things become more important, two of which are recovery and mental resilience.