Diet Patterns Of An Athlete: Part 1

Since the start of 2014 I have been battling return from an Achilles injury. I do not use the word battling loosely as this is what it has been. A...

Diet Patterns Of An Athlete: Part 2

This is Part Two of my article series -Diet Patterns of an Injured Athlete. What a can of worms I have opened for as you will soon find out, there...

The Pitfalls Of Summer Training

There is so much information out there on how to come back from injury. We have all heard it. Build 5% each week, start with slower training and gradually introduce...

The Overtraining Syndrome Paradox

We are lead to believe that overtraining is a ‘syndrome’ reserved for the elite or the silly. After all, elite athletes can easily complete hours of solid training. And the...

Get injured. It enhances your business skills.

Lying face down on a treatment table with pins sticking precariously out of my feet I had a ‘Light’s on!’ moment. I am not sure if it was the removal...

Coaching The Elite In Bulgaria

Returning to the Junior World Orienteering Championships as a coach was a fascinating experience. The pre-camp training sessions, long days in the starting quarantines and grappling with appropriate words of...

World Orienteering Championships 2014, Italy: A lesson in performance arousal

No, this is not a piece about schmoozy Italian men or Romeo and Juliet, but rather a summary of the harsh lessons of orienteering racing at the international senior level....

Hanny Allston Long Distance Summary

Really content with my 13th in the World Long Distance Champs today.Physically I felt good and I held it together technically. A few poor routes but in general it was...

Run4YL Magazine Article

Jane Gordon's Race Report