Endurance Training Science 101
- Posted: December 2, 2018
- By: sclark
- Category: Adaptation / Coaching / Endurance / Intervals / Performance / Periodisation / Physiology / Running / Training / Training Peaks
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Following on from the Training Peaks University I attended, I wrote up a synopsis of the Endurance Coaching Summit where real-world practitioners, i.e ‘coaches’ working with sub-elite receational athletes, get to learn some of the evidence of research and schools of thought from professionals and experts in both commercial and academics setting working with elite […]
Success at the London Duathlon!
- Posted: September 13, 2018
- By: sclark
- Category: Best Practice / Duathlon / Fuelling / Hydration / Power / Racing / RPE / Running / Technique
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This coming weekend, the London Duathlon will be raced for another year in the Royal Richmond park. The course is surprisingly far from flat and should not be under-estimated. So your preparation better have been top notch! However, good performance doesn’t stop at training alone. Avoiding physical crises such as glycogen shortage or ‘bonking’, cramps and […]
Pushing it hard, Achilles injury
- Posted: March 10, 2018
- By: sclark
- Category: Adaptation / Biomechanics / Injury / Muscle / Overtraining / Physiotherapy / Recovery / Rehabilitation / Running / Soft-tissue mobilisation / Virgin London Marathon
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Virgin London Marathon Meet The Experts
- Posted: February 5, 2018
- By: sclark
- Category: Intervals / Marathon / Pacing / Psychology / Recovery / Resistance training / Running / Training
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London Marathon 2018 – Self-Prescription
- Posted: December 26, 2017
- By: sclark
- Category: Aging / Coaching / Endurance / Periodisation / Physiology / Recovery / Resistance training / Running / Training
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Smash the Ball Buster!
- Posted: August 19, 2016
- By: sclark
- Category: Climbing / Compliance / Duathlon / Endurance / Intervals / Lactate Threshold profiling / Nutrition / Performance / Running / Technique / Training
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Intro and workshop Being located in SW London/ Surrey, I have often been asked about the Ball-Buster, a seriously challenging duathlon which can test the mettle of even the most robust athletes. This is an event I frequently recommend to clients to demonstrate their end of summer fitness, on terrain many people commonly train, using ‘The Box’ or […]
Performance coaching
- Posted: July 29, 2016
- By: sclark
- Category: Adaptation / Best Practice / Coaching / Compliance / Lactate Threshold profiling / Performance / Periodisation / Physiology / Psychology / Response / Running
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Philosophy In-Motion: Becoming a good coach isn’t as simple as attending a few courses or reading a few chapters in a book…as I have learnt over the last few years! I hope to share what are considered the general principles of coaching with my unique perspective from experience with numerous and very different athletes. I […]