Running clothes seem like a minor detail until a blister, thigh chafing or a soaked shirt ruins a long run or a race. You don’t need to spend much, but you do need to choose the right fabrics, socks and a few small tricks. In this guide I explain which running clothes to wear, how…
Choosing the right trail running shoes decides whether you enjoy the mountains or spend every descent slipping and finish halfway through the route with wrecked feet. The mountains are unpredictable: mud, loose rock, roots, brutal climbs. Your shoes have to handle all of it. In this guide I focus on what defines a mountain shoe,…
Knowing what to eat before a race, during it and after matters almost as much as your training. You can arrive in the best shape of your life and ruin it all with a poor fueling strategy. Stomach problems, hitting the wall or a slow recovery usually come down to what you ate, or didn’t…
Learning to train your gut is probably the most overlooked part of preparing for a long race, and it is what separates a good race from an afternoon desperately looking for a toilet. If you have ever had nausea, cramps or a stomach shutdown after taking a gel mid-race, the gel is rarely to blame….
Getting hydration and electrolytes right goes a long way toward deciding how you feel in the last kilometers of a race, and yet most runners manage it by guesswork. Drink too little and you run out of strength and the cramps arrive. Drink too much, especially plain water, and there are risks too. What you…
Runner injury prevention starts with one fact: almost every runner gets injured at some point, but many of those injuries can be avoided. Most of them don’t come from a bad step or bad luck. They come from overuse, when load builds up faster than your tissues can adapt. In this guide I go over…
Getting your training paces right is what separates training with a plan from just going out for a run. From what I see around me, most recreational runners make the same mistake: they run their easy days too fast and their hard days too slow. They end up in that “no man’s land” where they…
Getting back into running after a break sounds like the easiest thing in the world, but it’s actually the moment when most runners end up on the physio’s table. The scene repeats itself every September, season after season: you come back rested, motivated, with your autumn races circled in red on the calendar, and what…
Everyone talks about training in zone 2. And yet, in my experience, most runners get it wrong. And careful, it is not because they don’t run slow, but because of a deeper problem. They don’t really understand zone 2 or use it the way they should. Some run too fast and get stuck in that…