A Review of the Base Phases of Training
The importance of the base phases of training are revealed in their name: Base. Without the base you can’t build a solid structure on top. Looking back through the years I cannot recall a time where I built a proper base, rested, and then built properly on top of that. In order to build a… Read →
The New Training Log
I haven’t posted to this blog in a while for a couple of reasons: I have been sorting out my ultrarunning training plan. I’ve had to relearn a lot. I have been sorting out this blog, and indeed the whole domain (have a peek around; there are perks for people using Safari, Firefox or Chrome)…. Read →
Ultrarunning Training Plan – How to build your annual training plan
In January I DNFd my first ultramarathon and now have about 22 weeks to my next race, a 220km 5 day stage race. So naturally I went about looking for ultramarathon training plans on the web and found many of the usual suspects. Usually a breakdown of anywhere from 12-20 weeks worth of workouts that… Read →
GR10Xtrem Race Report and Onwards to Al-Andalus!
So I had a very successful DNF at 75 kilometers of the GR10Xtrem ultra trail race in Valencia (3800m up, 3000m down, 93k total). More on that below, but first… Thank you! A big hug and thank you to my support crew: my wife, Sonia and son Alex and her parents were out at every… Read →
Latest Update and Welcome Gengo.ca readers
Before I get into the usual update I should take this opportunity to welcome readers of Generation Go. Nadia Rushdi of GenGo and I connected on Twitter and a few tweets later I agreed to write up a profile of my little project here for their website. (See the article here.) If you have come… Read →
Rain, clay and the painful art of training your hip flexors
There’s nothing like getting out on a misty day when its not too cold and hammering out a few hours on the trails in the great outdoors. This past weekend I managed to run through an area with an abundance of clay and, feeling that the 9 hours over 3 days wouldn’t be enough training,… Read →
The iPhone is a great navigation tool, but beware of scale!
Yeah so this weekend I was scouting some new routes near my wife’s parents place. There’s a real huge zone for me to explore out there, though it is hunting season so I would do well to wear a fluffy orange hat. Anyways, I have been playing with the Runkeeper app to track my runs… Read →
There is no sissy factor
I tend to train in chunks, grouping together semi-long efforts into 48-72 hour periods and then taking some down time to rest and recover and then hit the gym before the next round of trail running fun. This is how I did it on the bike and it is how I am doing things on… Read →
Sickness, no time and how I am hacking my way to a 93km ultra
I’m am a firm believer that ultra running and hacking go hand in hand, though the hacking I am discussing below isn’t what I had in mind. I was supposed to spend the first 20 days of October running short runs every day while I devised a plan to handle my training until my first… Read →
Ultrarunning compression tight seam horror
Update: Since writing this post I purchased a pair of Skins A400 tights, put in a lot of hours and wrote a review here. When I did IronMan back in 2001 I used a pair of compression shorts from Sugoi that, from what I was told, was their first try at compression shorts. At the… Read →