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: Making a Stress List  Connect with Brian and Lisa:...

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 discussed in this episode: Man runs 50km in his lounge room. Inside Running Podcast - Tom Schwartz Interview. Hidden...

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 December 2019 at 1:28:06. Resources and references discussed in this episode: Hobart Marathon Website and Hobart...

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: email [email protected] [email protected] Blog: http://runningtechniquetips.com Brian's...

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 a Cause . Run for a cause results. Connect with Brian and Lisa:...

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. Meanwhile, Brian is about to run a half marathon off a consistent but very light training regime. Coaching call 28...

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 targeting a half-marathon in November. Meanwhile, Lisa is in recovery mode having eliminated some items off her stress...

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. Meanwhile, Brian is slowly building up the kms and beginning to show signs of a return to fitness.  Resources...

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] [email protected] Blog: http://runningtechniquetips.com Brian's Running Technique Book Brian's Running Form...

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  Connect with Brian and Lisa: email [email protected] [email protected] Blog:...

In this catch-up episode Lisa gives an update on her dodgy calf, irregular heart, and recent election to the board of Athletics NSW. Meanwhile, Brian's been sick, which has put his road racing ambitions on hold as he contemplates the Flinders Island running festival. Connect with Brian and Lisa: email [email protected] [email protected] Blog: http://runningtechniquetips.com Brian's Running Technique Book Brian's Running Form Drills eBook and free online...

In this episode we recap Brian's above expectation 15k road race result and discuss the method and impact of his recent low mileage polarised training regime. We also mull over some key takeaways from Zane Robertson's interview with Brad Beer. Meanwhile, Lisa pays the price for some over-zealous training in Byron Bay, confined to the elliptical trainer, with her calf back on the blink. Resources and references discussed in this episode: Brad Beer talks to Zane Robertson. Athletics Victoria...

In this episode we discuss the wide variation of arm carriage and styles in running. From Japanese marathon runners to the pointy end of the 1500m, there's so many effective variations to get the job done - which one is best for you? Meanwhile, Lisa's back running in Byron Bay, but has she pushed the envelope with getting back into sessions too quickly? Over in Ballarat Brian is preparing himself for the 15km Lake Wendouree road race and wonders how will he go off his low milage unstructured...

In this week's episode we talk training for time versus mileage. We discuss the benefits of both, and remember a time before GPS watches when all of our running was done to time and by feel. In other news Lisa discovers her tight calf was caused by an old injury, and is back running after a popliteus palpation. She plays it safe at Gold Coast turning spectator in the rain. Meanwhile, Brian gets in some solid threshold runs and completes a cracking 1,2,3,4,3,2,1 pyramid fartlek at 4:00 km pace...

In this week's episode we discuss the pros and cons of a strengths or weaknesses based approach to our training. Does it make sense to bash your head against the brick wall of weakness, or should you be skipping down the happy strengths path lined with rainbows and unicorns? Brian is hanging on to some semblance of fitness running a 20:30 parkrun on a wet Ballarat track in lieu of shirking the 10k Bundoora cross country. Meanwhile, Lisa has hit rock bottom with illness now adding insult to...

In this week's episode Lisa finds herself compressed under the weight of life responsibilities and her own performance expectations, and is seriously considering adopting a "Brian" unstructured training approach. She competes in the Western Sydney 10km, finishing a credible 5th in 39:42, but is lacking motivation and now sidelined by another calf strain. Meanwhile, Brian is happy with his solid XC performance over the hills at St Anne's Winery. He gives a detailed recap of his 8k race, which...

In this week's episode Lisa and Brian start to tackle their own cross country races, which initiates a conversation on different cross country racing strategies for mid-packers. They offer suggestions on how to confront a cross country race to ensure you get the best possible result without running yourself into the ground across challenging terrain. Brian also discusses his favourite topic, shoes, and delves into possible footwear options for racing cross country. Lisa describes losing her...

In this week's episode Brian and Lisa walk through six cross country training session ideas to integrate into your season plan. Brian manages a solid week of training as he begins to master the art of commuting and runs a seriously hilly weekend warrior long forest run. Meanwhile Lisa is on a down-week and is nursing a tight old-lady calf. Finally, we chew over a listener question from Phil who's just completed a 10k and wonders where to from here? Resources and references discussed in this...

In this week's episode Brian describes surviving his first full week of commuting, but more importantly manages to eke out 40km and maintain at least an impression of still being a runner. Meanwhile, Lisa gets a little carried away in the Sydney 10k, blows up, but runs her best time in years the hard way. We talk through our respective season plans with Lisa offering some structure, and Brian happy to wing it and take what comes his way through steady training and racing throughout the...

In this week's episode Lisa takes a deep dive down the real history of XC rabbit hole with the author of The Complete History of Cross-Country Running: From the Nineteenth Century to the Present Day - Andrew Hutchinson. In her wide ranging conversation conversation with Andrew they discuss the genesis of the sport through hare and hound paper-chasing private school boys, Olympic readmission, his personal mission to reinvigorate cross-country running, involvement in Aarhus 2019, and...

In this week's episode Lisa and Brian recap their underwhelming Canberra half-marathons that saw Lisa nursing her frustratingly fickle runner's knee and Brian remembering that you need to run more than two 60km weeks to produce a decent half. Lisa schools Brian on cross country running history, including the surprising fact that a cross country competition has been held at the Olympics. Resources and references discussed in this episode: The complete history of cross country running by Andrew...

In this week's shorter episode we battle some technical difficulties, but manage to piece together some training and race reports as well as outline the cross country and road racing season of the podcast. Brian runs 11:23 in the 3k Opie Family Championships at Lake Wendouree in his first race wearing Eureka Athletics Club colours for many years. Meanwhile, Lisa is on a down week, but bounces out of it in good form leading into the Canberra half marathon.  Connect with Brian and Lisa:...

In this week's episode Brian recaps on finally going sub 20 at the beautiful and speedy Castlemaine parkrun. Meanwhile, Lisa tries mountain running and earns the first piece of silverware for the podcast with a NSW state medal. We also wrap season two with a brief reflection on the various successes and otherwise of our 5k campaigns, and preview season three - cross country and road racing. Finally, Brian will complete a fun run dressed as Don Draper as his penalty for losing the 3k/5k...

In this week's slightly delayed episode we workshop some ideas of different ways to run 5k at parkrun - other than a flat-out PB attempt of course! Meanwhile, Lisa runs 10:46 for 3k, spikes her HR above 200, and collects some much needed data for review by her cardiologist. She also outlines Brian's penalty options for losing the 3k/5k challenge. Down south in Ballarat Brian's fitness has finally arrived and he's running longer threshold sessions while toying with the idea of one last gasp...