by Running Trips | Jun 15, 2022 | Callum's Blog
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...
by Running Trips | Oct 9, 2021 | Callum's Blog, Uncategorized
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...
by Running Trips | Jun 13, 2021 | Callum's Blog, Coaching
Listening to your body – What does that actually mean and how can you get better at it? In our latest blog article, Gavin discussed some of the approaches to training that are typically adopted by Kenyan athletes, and why these should (or, in some cases should...
by Running Trips | Feb 12, 2021 | Callum's Blog, Coaching
In our last blog, we highlighted the risks associated with attempting to copy the training programs of elite runners and explained why this is not an effective way of getting the most out of your own running. The underlining message of that article, however,...
by Running Trips | Nov 8, 2020 | Callum's Blog, Coaching
Finding new, imaginative and most importantly, effective ways of training is a relatively common pass time for most runners. Whether you have reached a bit of a plateau in performance and are looking for ways to break through, or you are simply searching for new ways...
by Running Trips | Apr 8, 2020 | Callum's Blog, Coaching
In this blog I want to take a look at the importance of being critical as a coach and how finding the right trade-off between optimism and critical analysis can have a significant effect on the athletes being coached. The opinions I present in this piece are based...
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