This is the finale of our ladder series of workouts and it’s JUICY one!! WHAT? Legs, Lungs & Lactate Ladder Pt.4 4x30s, 3x1min, 2x2mins 10mins (@ 1-hour race pace), 2x2mins, 3x1min, 4x30s @ mile-to-5k race pace 1min jog recoveries (2mins either side of the 10-minute tempo) Terrain: Undulating terrain for a fartlek session or flat,[…]

This week’s ladder session is a really tasty sandwich with short, fast reps as the bread and a juicy tempo run as the middle. Be sure to give this workout a go! WHAT? Legs, Lungs & Lactate Ladder Pt.3 3x30s, 3x1min, 10mins (@ 1-hour race pace), 3x1min, 3x30s @ mile-to-3k race pace 2min jog recoveries[…]

I absolutely love the balance of this workout with a good amount of faster stuff to refine technique and a big old block of grindy 10k paced work in the middle to keep the session honest.  WHAT? Legs, Lungs & Lactate Ladder Pt.2 3x30s, 3x2mins, 3x3mins, 3x2mins, 3x30s @ mile & 10k race pace 1min[…]

This month we cover all the action from the New Zealand Cross Country Challenge in Dunedin, talking to Hayden Wilde, Eva Goodisson, Sam Tanner and many of the other competitors. Plus we talk about fartlek training with Hayden and Stefan sharing their all-time favourite fartlek sessions. Be sure to check out Hayden’s other podcast Workout[…]

We’re back! And so is real, in-person racing here in New Zealand. In this episode we preview the upcoming National Cross Country Champs in Dunedin at the end of August and the MANY marathons lined up between now and December. Stefan shares why he ran a marathon round his block during lockdown and we give[…]

Hannah Wells is one of the most exciting talents in NZ triathlon right now (unbeaten around the world so far in 2019!!) and she was recently crowned Auckland Marathon champion! We catch up with Hannah and also cover off the news from Queenstown Marathon, a speedy 10k from Hamish Carson and a world record from[…]

Good running technique can improve your speed, endurance and resilience to injury, but it can often be hard to know how to intentionally go about improving it. So how can you structure your week or what tools can you utilised to help keep improving your technique? Here are some tips: Run Fast, Fresh, Often: Running[…]

By Hayden Shearman It’s a multi-billion dollar industry, so how do we decipher the smart way to choose a running shoe from the marketing messages and hype? Here are four tips that I give to runners to help them on their shoe hunting journey. Buy several shoes, not just one. This is great news for[…]

By Hayden Shearman A hill session cranks up a couple of key training stress dials. And, as we all know, we should recover as hard as we train, so how in particular should we recover from a challenging hill session? Easy, flat active recovery running. After a demanding hill session you’ll want to switch the[…]