By Hayden Shearman // Injury, illness, fatigue, life stress, niggles … there are many perfectly valid reasons to skip a scheduled run. But there are also plenty of times when we just need to swallow a concrete pill, harden up and get the thing done. So how do you know which is which? Should I run[…]
We catch all the action at the 2016 Auckland Marathon including a sit-down chat with men’s winner and debut marathoner Oska Inkster-Baynes. We also catch up on news from the World Masters Athletics Champs and fast flying juniors in local athletics. In training talk Hayden shares his tips for recovering from a major race like[…]
Nick Symmonds is one of the global stars of middle distance running and this week joins the show to chat about how he’s gone from viewing running like a form of torture to winning six USA 800m titles and now is transitioning into the life of an entrepreneur with Run Gum. We also catch up[…]
It’s one thing to have great running technique at the start of a race but what about when you’re 15k into a half marathon or 32k in a marathon? Does your posture collapse or cadence slow? Knowing your tendencies and having a strategy to combat them is a great way to push through those though[…]
Breakfast radio DJ Dom Harvey (of The Edge) comes in studio to chat about his stellar run at the Berlin Marathon coming very close to breaking three hours. We also catch up with local news from the Southland Marathon and Taupo Ultra. Then Hayden and Hamish chat offer their top four tips on tapering for[…]
We all lean forwards to some extent when we run, but how much is too much and what should that lean look like? Hayden explains … Technique: Forwards Lean from TempoFit on Vimeo.
The Ekiden, it’s possibly the most fun you can have at a running race (where else do you see a life-sized hot dog running a marathon!?), and we catch all the action at this year’s Rotorua Ekiden. We also discuss Zane Robertson’s incredible 10k NZ record, which also doubles as an Oceania record and 2016[…]
Hayden covers all the action from the 2016 New Zealand Road Relay Championships in Rotorua and training talk focuses on how to stay positive when injury strikes. We also chat about the mega-running fraud that has just been unearthed from UK ultra runner Robert Young’s attempt to race across America. Athletics Weekly Round-Up: http://athletics.org.nz/News/athletics-nz-weekly-roundup-3-october-2016 The Robert Young[…]
GPS watches and KM markers are great for telling us how hard we’re working on flat, straight courses, but what about in hills or under trees or over twisting trails? How do you pace yourself when your splits don’t tell the full story. Here Hayden Shearman shares his tips for running pacing without a watch.[…]
Exciting news … TempoFit is coming to the Hawke’s Bay! The first ever 6-week season will kick off on Napier’s Marine Parade on 31 October but on Monday 10 October (5:30-6:30pm) we’ll be holding a free TempoFit taster session for you to see what all the fuss is about. We’d love to have you join us! When? 5:30-6:30pm[…]