Tag: running
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Box Ticking in Brisbane
In a great example of foreshadowing I told you to ‘watch this space‘ last time I was here. If you were watching closely on my Strava over the weekend you would have seen it. If you blinked you wouldn’t have. Yes, ladies and gentleman I was up to my old tricks of slicing and dicing…
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One year to the next
Every time I sit down to write one of these blogs I quickly read the last blog. What did I finish with last time? How would it read sequentially? Last time I finished with an outlook to two weeks of training and school work and an anecdote from Western States. Why not begin with another…
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Pichi Richi 10.5km Race Report
Pre-Race: ‘Yeah yeah, that’s the way to do it, a combo of nice aesthetics, not too hard a warm-up, drop in when they’re not expecting it, then smack the race, run back to the car for an extended cool down and then choose your own adventure’.*** This is where my brain got to after some…
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Back in the Kitchen with the Central Governor
New theory off the bat to kick-start regular programming. It’s somewhat of an extension of the Central Governor theory by Tim Noakes which proposes that your brain has a little person inside pulling the strings on what your heart and muscles can output given what the little person knows about how far you’ve been running…
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Time to get this show on the road
Well Ladies and Gentleman the time is nearly here. I’ve done all I can in the land of Australia to prepare so now it’s time to taper things down, cut the training load and cut the country name by a bit. Yep, Austria will be my new home for two weeks before the World Champs…
Fraser Darcy 