Oscars 100 Hut2Hut- a Mountain Adventure Run This run was different to any other ultra I’ve ever done in so many different ways and taught me some valuable lessons on mental approach of big challenges, defining success and teamwork. How it came to be that a group of not just 2, but 10, Mountain Goat Read more about Oscars 100 Hut2Hut[…]
Our 6 tips for where to focus your training and time when there’s less than 2 months to race day, 1) DROP THE BASE The periodised macrocycle approach to training has had us endurance athletes dropping the base long before Skrillex was a thing. Welcome to the Sharpening phase! With 6-8 weeks remaining to race Read more about Sharpen, Taper and the road to race day[…]
Night Running! It’s one of my most favourite things. Things look different in the dark. There’s a calm in the air. You hear different noises, see different creatures and the air is cool. It’s something that many people find a little daunting but fear not, once you have done it a few times it Read more about Night Running[…]
Disclaimers. It’s something that we seem to add on to our sentences these days. As a coach I hear it all the time. ‘It’s slow compared to…’ ‘It doesn’t seem far when everyone else is doing this but…’ ‘It’s probably not much for you…’ It’s a heap of unnecessary words. If it’s something you Read more about No More Disclaimers.[…]
Should you get a coach or will that free programme suffice? This conversation crops up a bit here and it’d be great to say there was one answer that best suited everyone. But there isn’t. We’re all different and there’s loads of solutions out there to choose from. If you’re making the commitment to run Read more about Coach or no?[…]
“I’m not running another ultra until some time next year” Phew – nothing to worry about then… It’s a little over 100 days until the very first Margaret River Ultramarathon and we’re preparing athletes for their Christmas and New Years break and we thought it a good time to share our top-tips for what you Read more about Margaret River Ultra Xmas Training[…]
Our body tells us we want a good rest after a hard training session, we all know that tired haze that can become a bit all consuming. Mixed up in that though is the need to do the washing, catch up on work, run the kids to sports practices, do the vacuum cleaning….. and sleep Read more about Sleep[…]
You’ve set the alarm, you’ve clicked the buttons, charged the Credit Card and now you’re thinking ‘Holy heck, I’ve got to run an ultramarathon…’ What should you do now? Start getting some runs done. Everyone worries about ‘peaking too early’ there’s actually no such thing. The better base of training you have ‘underneath’ you the Read more about So you’ve signed up for UTA… Now what?[…]
The case for LCHF? …in the beginning We spend a great deal of our ‘modern’ lives online with much time spent wading through the miss-information super-highway of social media. Anyone with more than a passing interest in endurance sports would have noticed the swath of discussions around ‘Low Carb, High Fat’ diets for athletes. A Read more about The case for LCHF[…]
At the finish line of Tarawera Ultra in February of 2016 someone said to me ‘Ali you should run a 100’ ‘No way! I’m not that stupid. I like myself too much’ was my response. Fast forward to September 2017 and suddenly I’d become.. that stupid Surf Coast Century appealed to me because of the scenic Read more about Surf Coast Century 100[…]