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March 30, 2011

Crashing into a Recovery Week

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I’ve followed endurance athlete and triathlon coach Gordo Byrn for years now, but leave it to me to miss out when one of the things he talks about often is happening to me. Last week (week/yr 12 on my training plan) I started out a little tired, with a cough and some achilles pain. I nailed the… Read →

November 23, 2010

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 →