This week the government decided to prematurely close all schools and prolong the Chinese New Year Holiday due to a rather serious outbreak of the flu. This kind of threw my planned training off track and I had to do some ad-hoc changes. Now I have a 7-ye
Going for 55K: Week 13hiit
How to make your workouts more intense
Sometimes it's hard to really go all gung-ho at the gym. Maybe you meet a friend, maybe you read a text message on your phone, or maybe (as in my case) you're having difficulties knowing how long a minute is without looking at a clock. This is all good, w
How to make your workouts more intenseGoing for 55K: Week 12
Last week I told you that I wanted to do more running but keeping the amount of strength training, and to be able to do that I would try to do strength and be running at the same day this week as an experiment. Now, training for an ultramarathon was never
Going for 55K: Week 12Going for 55K: Week 11
With the added amount of strength training, I need to come up with a system that allows me to do the following; A) Accumulate more kilometres per week At this point I am running too few, I would like it to be at least 40 every week.
Going for 55K: Week 11Tabata Training
If you have been doing a bit of reading lately you will find that HIIT (High-Intensity Interval Training) constantly keeps popping up. The reason for this is that both scientists and pro athletes alike have
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