trail running

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Learnings from the pain cave – ultra running and mindset

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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!

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The Broken Ankle, the Marathon and the Turtle: Sarah's Story

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The Broken Ankle, the Marathon and the Turtle: Sarah's Story

Sarah has come back to running after a full ankle reconstruction and has continued to push her own boundaries in terms of distances, times and her own image of herself as a runner. A self-confessed and named ‘Turtle,’ she loves the trails and the trail running community. In this blog she writes in her own words about her journey of taking up running, through to completing a marathon and tackling an ultra marathon in 2019. Thank you so much to Sarah for contributing this story. This one is for all the turtles out there…

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Environment matters. A lot.

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Environment matters. A lot.

One of the topics I seem to come back to often as a coach is ‘environment.’  By environment I don’t really mean climate change and planting trees, nor do I necessarily mean a high performance environment like high altitude training camps, this is more about the environments that we choose to train, socialise and are raised within.  

During my time in Switzerland recently, it became really obvious that the environment was conducive to having more fit people.  Let me explain…