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Tag Archives: running
Do you smile when you’re running?
Here’s a nice wee post about smiling when you run, from Peter Sariwee on Facebook: ‘Do you smile? When you’re out there on the footpaths, do you smile? When your feet fall into the rhythm, one after another, do you … Continue reading
Role Models
Do you have a role model? Have you ever had a role model? Someone you look up to – someone you admire or who inspires you to become a different or better person? From the parent who worked hard and … Continue reading
Posted in Challenge, Motivation, Run
Tagged friend, inspiration, inspire, model, role model, run, running
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8 Week 10k Training Plan
I’ve created an 8 week training plan for the 10k distance. It has been designed so that you can put any date of a 10k event in and it will generate two 8 week training plans. There are two versions … Continue reading
Posted in Intervals, Motivation, Run, Running Coach, Time Trial, Training Plans
Tagged 10, 10k, 10k training plan, 8, 8 week, beginner, glasgow, glasgow women's 10k, Hills, k, run, running, running coach, training, womens
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Running and Vanity…
I was a bit surprised in the gym the other morning when my other gym regular, a man in his 50s told me that he ‘runs in the dark evenings out of vanity’. He’s a healthy weight, fit, opinionated, confident … Continue reading
Posted in Motivation
Tagged encouragement, fast, fat, motivation, running, slow, thin, vanity
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Kaizen Run Club: Sprint Pyramids and Power Blasts!
I’m planning this with the Kaizen Runners at Kaizen Run Club tonight….100m, 200m, 300m & 400m sprints with recoveries / active recoveries: Sprint Pyramids and Power Blasts! 5 min warm up 4 x 100m 3 x 200m 2 x 300m … Continue reading
Are you based in Glasgow and want to learn to run?
Why not sign up to Kaizen Active’s Zero to 5k Running course? 6 weeks to get you up and running 5k. 🙂
Q. How to run faster?
A friend of mine who has been running for about 3 years now and really got the running bug, asked me for some advice on how to get faster and I thought I’d put it on here, see if it … Continue reading
Don’t stop running!
Are you a ‘fair weather’ runner? Do you start running then let it fall by the way side in favour of something else? Here’s how to stick with your running routine all year long. 🙂 It happens to even the … Continue reading
10M Route Southside
Here’s a wee 10 mile route I’m planning to run with Ross tomorrow morning. 🙂 10M from Gorbals
Wk6 – 8.23M speedwork
Thursday night and I wasn’t dreading the hour of speedwork I had planned. Although I had felt a bit of a niggle on the outside of my right calf, so I wondered if I should be doing it at all. … Continue reading