Author: Alex
In Sport by Alex – #10K #training
A long run. The longest on the programme, actually. The workout A 30K long run. Not much else to say, apart from teaming up with a former team mate, which made the long a bit more fun. Afterwards Pfew, the effect of the yasso’s I did last night was definitely noticeable in my legs, especially…
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In Sport by Alex – #10K #training
Oh my, yasso's… Good workout, but always tough. The workout The programme told me to do 9 yasso's, which I dreaded, because the first two
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In Sport by Alex – #funny #running
What a great page by Runner’s World’s Nick Weldon: ‘The Best Running Facial Hair of All-Time’. Image from Runner’s World I don’t have much to add, but if you’re planning a race and you want to run with some style, be sure to check it out at Runner’s World.
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In Sport by Alex – #10K #training
Today, another gym session. Lots of burpees, squats, some weight-lifting and kettle-bell swinging. Photo by Ivan Pergasi on Unsplash
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In Sport by Alex – #10K #training
The hills are alive with… Ahem, hill training today. In the gym, on the treadmill. The workout A 12K run with 2 times 2500m at 6% incline. 12
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In Sport by Alex – #10K #training
The plan was to have done a tempo session yesterday (3*2000m at LT), and a long run today. But that plan was based on running a 5K race on Sunday,
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In Sport by Alex – #10K #training
Okay, so, after the race, I'm treating this week as another training week, although I'm not sure whether or not I'm pushing for a next
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In Sport by Alex – #10K #training
Well, yesterday I ran my fourth tune-up race, which, I had decided, I would treat as the final race if it went well. That way, a bad race could still
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In Sport by Alex – #jack daniels #training plan
This is an old Runner’s World page already (it dates from 2007), but there’s still a lot of good advice by Jack Daniels on it, like balancing easy and hard running (80 and 20 percent of weekly mileage respectively) and how long your long runs should be. Photo by Josh Biggs, taken from Runfaster5k.com You…
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In Sport by Alex – #10K #training
This is the last workout before the race tomorrow, thus a short one. The workout 5 strides, or, in other terms, 5 times 100m at maximum speed, a good, dynamic warming-up, 2K easy, then the strides with 100m recovery in between, and finally 1K easy to cool off. Photo by Tim Gouw on Unsplash Afterwards…
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