Last year Australia's Russ Dessaix-Chin wrote this colourful and informative description of 'The Surprise Fartlek' for RT's workout series. We present it again for new and returning readers.
Fartlek definition via Oxford Dictionaries online
A system of training for distance runners in which the terrain and pace are continually varied.
Origin 1940s:...
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Session time, Bright has amazing running trails, grass ovals and forests all within a very short run of Altitude 1’s front door. We warm up from the front door and run to the nearby pine forest, this is a great place for our morning threshold run followed by some speed work. The trails are smooth, flat and sheltered, leading to all of us having a great session. It’s warm and sunny and we cool down back to our house happy.
How to “choose your own adventure” to match your nutrition to your training
By Alex Dreyer - Runner's Tribe
Last month’s blog (click to view) was an introduction into periodisation of your diet to suit certain types of training phases and cycles. This month will focus on the specifics of periodisation,...
In the Runner's Tribe workout series we ask the world's best athletes to share and explain some of their key training sessions which were integral to their success. The latest awesome edition is from NZ's Matt Baxter.
Matt Baxter - Runner's Tribe - The Workout Series
Matt Baxter's PB's
3000m 8:14.73...
By Mark Tucker - Runner's Tribe
“Strenuous exercise should not be taken until two and a half to three hours after eating” (C.W.H. Grant – The Australian Amateur – October 1951)
How much? How long before? And what should we eat (and drink) before a race and before we train? These...
By Mark Tucker - Runner's Tribe
The ‘Mona’ Fartlek is probably the most well known training session in Australia. Named after legendary Australian distance runner, Steve Moneghetti, and devised by his well known coach Chris Wardlaw (a dual Olympian, Education guru and all-round good guy), this is one session I...
Mike Allen Q&A with Runner's Tribe
Mike Allen, PT, ATC is the UCHealth Director of Rehabilitation Services – South Metro Denver.
You've been working with 52-year old Colorado ultra runner Paul Hoover preparing him for his assault on the Leadville 100 this year on August 19. The previous year Paul collapsed at mile...
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Strategies for managing pain in distance running
Part 2 of 2 - Read part 1 (here)
Written by Daniel Quin – Runner’s Tribe
Managing injury pain is really only one part of pain management in distance running. The pain of fatigue, heat, dehydration, and muscle micro-tears is a bigger daily challenge. Because...
