Redway Runners Intervals – Year 3, Week 6
With intervals you have the double whammy of feeling breathless running, and out of breath during the all too brief recovery between repetitions. So how do you control your breathing when running?
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Intervals – Year 3, Week 5
Another lucky break in the weather for this weeks session. Singular, not plural you will note. That was because I made a bit of a mistake. I was almost ready to head off on Tuesday morning when I got a message from one of the group asking if the session was on as they couldn’t …
Intervals – Year 3, Week 4
Definitely cooler this week, the sunny spells helped it to feel nice, whilst still being cool enough that over-heating wasn’t an issue. Having said that, breathing has not been easy for a couple of the attendees. It may be late season allergies, or perhaps you are just a little run down. If you don’t feel …
Intervals – Year 3, Week 3
Smiling, Happy, People Summer is heading out, It may be gone some time. No so great for a sun-worshipper like myself, but much more pleasant for running hard efforts without feeling like your head is on Venus. Short efforts at a high intensity today meant a long, relaxed, warm-up along the valley park before we …
Intervals – Year 3, Week 2
It is all in your head. Fight it, or go with it. You decide. Two different outcomes to the same run. It was a blustery day. On the opening, warm-up, lap it was clear that the wind was going to be against us all the way around the 400m loop. How do you cope with …
Intervals – Year 3, Week 1
Getting comfortable with feeling uncomfortable. Intervals is as much a mind-game as an effort game. You need to work on getting comfortable with feeling uncomfortable. Brain Training would be one way of looking at it. The Central Governor Model, postulated by Prof. Tim Noakes proposes that a monitor in the brain’s motor cortex will stop …