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Taking the Fitness Test
Keep on running... I’ve been intending to take the Surrey FA fitness test for a while. It is not strictly required for the Enhanced Promotion scheme that I am on, but I love a good challenge and also...
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Getting Intensive on the Treadmill
I love High Intensity Interval Training (HIIT). Well, I love it when I’m not in the process of actually doing it! It is a fantastic way of improving sports performance in short periods of time. I...
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Natural Running: My First Steps
It’s fair to say that I do a reasonable amount of running. This breaks down into a mixture of football refereeing, so-called ‘normal’ running and sprint / interval training. Some of this is pretty...
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Natural Running: Too Much Too Soon?
I recently took my first steps in natural running. About 5k on a treadmill, to be precise, in order to get a feel for the mid-foot/toe motion as opposed to my usual (very) heavy heel-strike technique....
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Battling with Insertional Achilles Tendonitis
I’ve been struggling with Insertional Achilles Tendonitis since around February. I really need to get it sorted now, so am going to start blogging about it to maintain some sort of focus. The history...
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Taking on my severe overpronation with Superfeet
Recent video gait analysis (and hey, the same sort of thing done years ago) has confirmed that I am severely overpronating. Just looking at the video made me wince, and it has made all the puzzle...
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Tentatively back on the Treadmill
I’ve been noticing a dramatic improvement in the achilles over the last few days, now that I’m wearing appropriate footwear and tackling my severe overpronation head-on. The best way of explaining...
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My first supply league middle
Following on from my first game of the season (in a 4th official role), it was time to grab my whistle and have my first ‘middle’ of the season too. This was on my local supply league now that I am...
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Great South Run 2013 – Entered!
I have now entered this year’s Great South Run. I did it last year and thoroughly enjoyed it. The atmosphere was incredible with the streets lined with people lending their support, and in particular...
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Finished the 2013 Great South Run
On a day of interesting weather conditions, I’m happy to have completed my second Great South Run. A few months ago, I really doubted this was going to happen: I was still struggling with a stubborn...
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