Learning to love the long run (again)

Learning to love the long run (again)

It’s the end of September and I’m deep in marathon training for Verona in November. 

The hardest thing about doing a marathon is not the race itself, but the training. And arguably the hardest thing about training is the long run. Juggling increased mileage with all the other demands of life is always a challenge, and sometimes the idea of going out and running for hours on my own, on legs that feel fatigued from the increased training volume, doesn’t fill my heart with joy.

I’ll admit I had a bit of a wobble at the beginning of the month.

3 posture focuses to help your running feel easier

3 posture focuses to help your running feel easier

Runners choose to work with me for a host of different reasons. Maybe they struggle with injury. Maybe they find running a slog and want to enjoy it more. But one reason that comes up again and again is that they want better posture when they run. Perhaps they’ve been told by their physio that it’s something they need to work on. Or they may just have a sense that it’s not as good as they’d like. So the question is: how important is posture when you run? And if it matters, how can you improve it?

When things don’t go to plan

When things don’t go to plan

It was all going so well…. Until it wasn’t.

I’d bagged my first ever good-for-age place in April’s London Marathon. Training was going as smoothly as tempered chocolate. My body seemed able to handle everything I threw at it: capoeira classes, kettlebell workouts, and a higher weekly mileage than I’d ever managed.

I was feeling strong. What could possibly go wrong?

6 ways to re-discover your running mojo

6 ways to re-discover your running mojo

It can happen to any of us. You fall out of love with running. You find yourself just going through the motions. It all feels a bit ‘meh.’

Perhaps you’ve been dealing with an injury. Or you’ve had to start over again after a break. Whatever the reason, running’s become a chore.

Or maybe you never felt the love in the first place. You’re struggling to even get out the door.

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5 unexpected ways to make running feel easier

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5 unexpected ways to make running feel easier

The hardest part about doing a marathon is always the training. Carving out the time for the long run; spending hours out on your feet, maybe on your own; keeping motivated through the cold, dark winter or hot, sticky summer. At heart, I’m a lazy runner, and always looking for ways to work less hard. Here are five ways that I’ve found to make my training feel just that little bit easier.