Swimming provides significant benefits for runners, especially during injury recovery. It’s a low-impact cross-training method that enhances aerobic capacity, builds strength, and improves breathing control. By engaging different muscle groups swimming maintains fitness while promoting mental well-being, Specific CO2 tolerance training in the pool can improve running performance as well.
Category Archives: Training
Diagonals
Diagonals are a staple of Kenyan and Ethiopian training, although much less known or used outside of East Africa. That’s a shame because diagonals offer a flexible, varied and interesting workout that can be as intense or as easy as one likes it to make. Diagonals are done on grass. Ideally this will be aContinue reading “Diagonals”
Keep it Simple: Train with Purpose
We’ll get there if we just keep putting one foot in front of the other. Running can be so simple. Until it’s not. Especially when it comes to training. So many ways of going about it. So many terms thrown around, sometimes even describing the same thing. It all can sound incredibly complicated. ….Ventilatory Threshold,Continue reading “Keep it Simple: Train with Purpose”
Critical Velocity Training
What is the one thing most runners have in common? It’s the desire to run faster. Ideally to run faster for longer, actually. No matter the level of runner – whether that’s the “weekend warrior” or the professional athlete – everyone trains with the aim of sustaining a faster pace over a longer time orContinue reading “Critical Velocity Training”
Uphill Runner 