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VMLM 2019

Posted: April 27, 2019
By: sclark
Category: Endurance / Injury / Marathon / Overtraining / Performance / Physiotherapy / Racing / Rehabilitation / Running / Soft-tissue mobilisation / Strength / Training / Virgin London Marathon
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A last ditch attempt... It’s been epic…and the 2019 London Marathon hasn’t even started. Winter and spring have been rammed with client programmes and events, including CPS In-Motion’s Mike Urbans tremendous 3hr pb at the Seville marathon on a very condensed programme, after suffering illness and a serious accidental acute injury the previous year. [...]

Virgin London Marathon Deferred

Posted: April 18, 2018
By: sclark
Category: Duathlon / Injury / Marathon / Performance / Rehabilitation / Training / Virgin London Marathon
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Disappointment The most sensible decision is often the hardest to make. Realising extensive training over the last few months will not be fruitful is difficult to accept. But the reality is the inflammation hadn’t subsided enough and more damage may be done which risks a long term debilitating condition. Even though I felt that I would be able to […]

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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Out of the blue? So my VLM is over before it started......bugger! As anyone who has suffered an acute injury knows, the body can be a delicate system...and as a physiologist and athlete, I tested those boundaries through self-experimentation...ultimately with negative consequences. As a practitioner who 'does' know better about recovery and low volume adaptation I [...]