paulradcliffe.me archive
Category: General Running and/or Fitness
September 9, 2015
Back to Action!
With the time of year, I could call this a “back to school” article, except that I’m back to training after an injury. So, a few weeks ago I got a pretty bad scare when I was worried that I had a stress fracture in my foot. There were a few things that could have caused it. The first was that I was trying a new shoe that was half-a-size too small and was putting a lot of pressure on the top of my foot. The second and more likely cause was overtraining. I had a wonderfully intense week on[…continue reading]
September 5, 2015
August Review
I said this would be a make or break month. Unfortunately, it became a break month. I started the month with a much needed vacation. Getting away from work and sleeping about 9 hours a day did wonders to restore my mood. Then I hit training hard again. But it seems I hit it too hard the week of August 10 and did something awful to my right foot. I didn’t run at all for the last 2 weeks of August. Disconnecting One of the most marvellous things I enjoyed at the beginning of this month was disconnecting. I[…continue reading]
August 10, 2015
Summer 2015 Training Plan: Transition Quality
The Early Quality Phase of my summer 2015 training is over. I’m not say it is over well, but it is over. As I mentioned in my review of July, I had a breakdown in discipline towards the end of that month which resulted in missing quite a few workouts, including a 10-mile long run. And I only got in 2 of the 6 quality runs for this phase. But, it’s too late to go back and fix that so, onwards and upwards! Up next is the Transition Quality phase of the program. This is the phase that sucks the most! It has the most[…continue reading]
