Build Your Aerobic Base!

Aerobic base
November 14, 2016 Aindriu O Comhraidhe 0 Comments

Aerobic base An aerobic base is the cornerstone of any running related sport. You cannot build a sound physical condition without a sound aerobic base. The natural progression of movement from birth is to roll, crawl, walk, run. Endurance sports are no different. Weather you play football, soccer, hurling, running, triathlon, tennis, it is irrelevant. The basis for …

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Junk Miles – Running

Junk Miles
March 28, 2016 Aindriu O Comhraidhe 0 Comments

There is no such thing as junk miles. Junk miles have been talked about for years with various perspectives on them. Often junk miles are viewed as running for the sake of running, with no particular target or goal in mind for that run. They are the fillers around the speed sessions and long run. For …

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Training Diary

Training Diary
February 11, 2016 Aindriu O Comhraidhe 0 Comments

Training diaries are an important element of a comprehensive training plan. We get so much information from our own personalised training diary. What we put into it is our own choice. With modern gps devices, a lot of informative data is recorded and displayed for you.

Training LCHF

Training LCHF
October 27, 2015 Aindriu O Comhraidhe 0 Comments

I like many skeptics thought I couldn’t sustain myself with such an approach. Normally, regular weekly miles at 50 – 70 miles per week required copious amounts of pasta, rice, potatoes, bagles, etc. Then there was the recovery drinks….

Low Carb High Fat (LCHF)

September 28, 2015 Aindriu O Comhraidhe 0 Comments

Back in May 2015 I was waiting to catch a plane to New York for my sister’s wedding. I had some time to kill in the departures lounge so I ambled into the book shop. I’m always drawn to the sport or non fiction sections. Within a couple of minutes browsing I came across Christoper McDougalls’ latest book, “Natural Born Heroes”. Having really enjoyed the concept of his previous book “Born to Run” I decided to give this one a shot.