Keep it fresh!

Rob Starbuck offers a salient lesson from Martin Yelling...

Yesterday, represented 12 weeks to the day when we set off on this 65 mile challenge. While tomorrow, Saturday and/or Sunday represents the ideal time to start consolidating and cranking up the training.

For my training programme, last Saturday I ran 25 miles in 4hrs and then on Sunday ran almost the same 25 miles (different owing to a fishing competition!) in 4 hrs 37 - not boring, but repetitive. Then Monday, pain!!! So more training and different training routines are needed.

We all fall into bad habits so a quick reminder that is important thing to remember is to change the routes of training – vary the landscape includes hills, include different terrains.

Read this article where Liz Yelling’s husband, Martin talks some common sense for runners.

Take heed.