Posted by Coach Urban Mar - 29 - 2015 Comments Off on Airia One Running Shoe Review
In February I received a message via the RunUrban website from Airia Running enquiring if I would be willing to try out their new Airia One Running Shoe. Not having previously come across Airia I was intrigued to find out more and I looked up the Airia Running Company website. I agreed to give their Read More …
Posted by Coach Urban Dec - 25 - 2014 Comments Off on Season Greetings
Dear Athletes, coachees, runners and friends, This is a short message to wish all runners, their families and friends a very happy Christmas and successful New Year. I wish you a successful, injury free running season and may 2015 be your best ever year running wise. Looking back, 2014 has been a very successful and Read More …
Posted by Coach Urban Nov - 27 - 2014 Comments Off on 1:1 Running Coaching Gift Voucher for Christmas
A gift voucher for a coached 1:1 running session is an ideal Christmas present for a passionate runner who would value the guidance from an experienced running coach. Depending on your needs RunUrban can help. RunUrban provide the following 1:1 Running Coaching gift vouchers: 1:1 Running Coaching for 1 Months / Value ÂŁ35 1:1 Running Read More …
Posted by Coach Urban Nov - 23 - 2014 Comments Off on Run England Group Leaders Forum
10 qualified Run England Group Leaders and Coaching Assistants attended the England Athletics Run Leaders Forum on “Warm-Up/Cool-Down ideas and form drills”. The Run Leaders forum was organised by England Athletics, attended by Leaders in Running Fitness (LiRF) and Coaching Assistants (CA) across the Essex and Hertfordshire region and delivered by Endurance Running Coach Urban. Read More …
Posted by Coach Urban Oct - 15 - 2014 Comments Off on Mission Accomplished – $5,273 raised for Shoe4Africa
Runners, Athletes – I would like to thank all of you who supported me and made a contribution towards the Shoe4Africa Children’s Hospital. Thanks to your generous donations I have now reached and exceeded my fundraising target for 2014 of $5,000. As of November $5,273.10 has been raised towards the Shoe4Africa Children’s hospital. The building Read More …
Posted by Coach Urban Sep - 28 - 2014 Comments Off on Report – 41. Berlin Marathon
On a warm, sunny autumn morning of September, 28th, 10 runners coached by RunUrban took part in the 41. Berlin Marathon. The runners consisted of a group of MBA students from the Quadriga University in Berlin and runners from London. Back in December 2013, a number of students decided to run the Berlin marathon. One Read More …
Posted by Coach Urban Apr - 19 - 2014 Comments Off on What can we learn from Mo Farah’s marathon debut?
In his highly-anticipated debut over the 26.2 miles Mo Farah crossed the finish line in 8th place in a time of 2:08:21. Mo set a new English marathon record and completed the London course 12 seconds faster than Charlie Spedding’s 2:08:33 performance in the 1985 London marathon. Steve Jones’ British marathon record of 2:07:13, set Read More …
Posted by Coach Urban Jan - 29 - 2014 Comments Off on Post Race Work-out Routine – New Fad or Future Trend?
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 …
Posted by Coach Urban Nov - 12 - 2013 Comments Off on Conference Report
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 …
Posted by Coach Urban Nov - 10 - 2013 Comments Off on Coach Urban running NYC Marathon for Shoe4Africa
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 …