Post Race Work-out Mo Farah’s fellow training partner and US distance runner Galen Rupp has set a new 5,000m and 2 mile indoor American Record within a week. On both occasions, 15 minutes after his record run Galen Rupp started to embark on a track session. It is not common practice among coaches to advise Read More …
Last weekend I attended the 2nd European Endurance Coaching Conference in Nottingham (link). The conference was organised by British Athletics in partnership with England Athletics. The purpose of the conference is to bring coaches across Europe together for a weekend and promote sharing of ideas and best practice in Endurance Coaching. Unlike last year, which Read More …
Hi All, just a brief update regarding my Shoe4Africa Fundraising Campaign for the New York City Marathon. For more information please visit my Shoe4Africa fundraising page. Last Sunday as one of the 50,304 finishers I crossed the finish line in Central Park in a time of 4 hours 23 mins (25,514th place). While there is Read More …
Coach Urban will talk about the role of interval training for Road Runners. Objectives for the workshop are: to learn about interval training (in general) to learn more specific how interval training is applied for road running to get new ideas on how to improve as an endurance athlete . The session includes both theory Read More …
Dear Athlete, During the last couple of weeks I have been thinking deeply about the level of coaching I am going to provide to you. I spoke to athletes, fellow running coaches, athletes in non-running events, running club representatives, club & coach support officers, coaching educators and some of my friends at the business school Read More …