Running Technique Tips

In this episode Lisa and Brian enter the strange new world of COVID-19 lockdown and discuss managing your overall stress load, adjusting your training intensity, running hygiene, and reframing your running mindset. Note: Episode recorded 29 March 2020. Resources and references discussed in this episode: Dr Phil Maffetone on step 6 of the MAF method - managing stress and S04: E02: M

In this episode Brian and Lisa discuss various helpful strategies to regain your running mojo. Meanwhile, Lisa contemplates what's next after the momentous decision to cancel the Tokyo Marathon in response to the coronavirus. Coaching call 28 January 2020 at 45:31. Coaching call 3 February 2020 at 1:00:19. Coaching call 10 February 2020 at 1:18:06. Resources and references discusse

In this episode Lisa and Brian recap their Hobart half marathon experiences. With Lisa running 1:32:00 and Brian 1:40:08 - both considered their runs successful examples of running a race as training, which is also our topic of the week. . Coaching call 10 December 2019 at 45:47. Coaching call 16 December 2019 at 1:04:21. Coaching call 23 December 2019 at 1:14:10. Coaching call 30

In this episode Brian and Lisa reflect on their mixed running fortunes during 2019. Meanwhile, we discuss and speculate on the future of athletics as it struggles to overcome scandals, stay relevant, and implement professional business models. Note: apologies for break in transmission - we are back for 2020. Coaching calls to be appended to S04 E07. Connect with Brian and Lisa: ema

In this episode Brian recaps his 1:33:22 half-marathon and explains the laughable amount of training he completed in the weeks leading into this event. Meanwhile, Lisa gets in trouble for not following coach's instructions. Coaching call 12 November 2019 at 53:38. Coaching call 18 November 2019 at 1:08:14 Resources and references discussed in this episode: Ballarat fun run Run for

In this episode Brian compares three Marathon programs to draw inspiration for Lisa's Tokyo Marathon campaign. And in the wake of Mary Cain's powerful description of the physical and emotional harm she suffered at the Nike Oregon Project, we rant about ignorant coaches that focus on weight as a training outcome. Lisa starts enjoying running again as the stress list diminishes. Mean

In this episode we're talking about a minimalist approach to achieving a performance goal time for the marathon. Realising that high mileage is an unlikely pathway for Lisa to run a sub 3:00 marathon, we talk about the bare minimum required to get her to the start line healthy, injury free, and with a fighting chance of realising her goal. Brian is gaining fitness and is now target

In this episode Lisa is on the couch after a DNF in the Half Marathon at the Melbourne Marathon Festival. In a long therapy/coaching session we discuss the impact of stress on health more generally, and offer some strategies to avoid, eliminate, and even delay stressors by making a stress list. Finally, we get down to the business of adjusting training load to account for burnout.

In this week's episode we turn the page on Road Racing and XC, and look towards a season focused on topical issues and the Brian/Lisa coaching experiment. In this episode we discuss heart rate (HR) training zones, and try to make sense of calculating these for Lisa in context of her unusually high maximal HR. Connect with Brian and Lisa: email [email protected] lisa@ru

In this episode Lisa and Brian get down to the business of discussing the potential for commencing a coach athlete relationship. With Lisa's desire for structure, lists, and consistency contrasting with Brian's unstructured intuitive approach - what could possibly go wrong? Resources and references discussed in this episode: Runner's Tribe article on breaking down sub 3:00 marathon