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Running Injuries Part 2: Training Errors

Running Injuries Part 2: Training Errors

In this article, Running Specialist Physio Matt Bergin from Performance Team discusses common training errors which can lead to injuries in runners.  Matt is a sub 14minute 5k runner and physiotherapist specialising in the treatment and ongoing care of distance...

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Why Do Runners Get Injured?

Why Do Runners Get Injured?

In the first of his series of articles for Running Trips, physiotherapist and elite runner Matt Bergin asks the golden question of why do runners get injured?  Matt is a sub 14minute 5k runner and physiotherapist specialising in the treatment and ongoing care of...

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Marathon Training with Renato Canova; “Abel, Be Tranquil”

Marathon Training with Renato Canova; “Abel, Be Tranquil”

Marathon Training with Renato Canova: From early 2011 to the end of 2014 I was Renato Canova’s Assistant Coach. Together, we coached Abel Kirui to an Olympic silver medal and two world titles and Florence Kiplagat to 2 world titles a world record and multiple World...

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Marathon Training: When to start the Specific Marathon Phase

Marathon Training: When to start the Specific Marathon Phase

Autumn marathons are now firmly on people's radars, so Coach Callum looks at when your training should shift in focus towards specific marathon prep and the practical implications you can consider to ensure a great result come race day.  When to start ‘Marathon Prep’...

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Pace, Effort & Intensity: Lessons from Kenya Series, Part 5

Pace, Effort & Intensity: Lessons from Kenya Series, Part 5

In part 5 of our Lessons from Kenya Series, coach Callum takes a look the difference between pace, effort and intensity and how Kenyan runners often disregard the former when gauging how to run their workouts.  Anyone who is familiar with Iten, 'The Home of...

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Fartlek: How it will make you a faster runner

Fartlek: How it will make you a faster runner

In Iten Kenya, every Thursday morning, hundreds of elite runners meet for a fartlek run through the hilly countryside surrounding the village. The Thursday fartlek is sacred in Kenya, and fartlek is also a widely utilised form of training in Kenya's neighbour and...

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How runners can maximise recovery through sleep

How runners can maximise recovery through sleep

The third in our Lessons from Kenya Series is now available over at our Kenya Experience site  Lesson three focuses on the importance of recovery for distance runners and specifically the benefits of a good nights sleep. With all the technology and products on sale...

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The importance of hills for faster distance running

The importance of hills for faster distance running

In the wake of the Tokyo Olympics and the continued success of Kenya's long-distance runners, Running Trips founder Gavin has written a series of blogs titled: Lessons from Kenya. Kenya has been a huge part of Gavin's life since he first travelled there in 2010 for a...

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