As with most life-changing events I have experienced, running happened to me by accident. And, despite my physio, Amanda’s, inspiring assertion that I am a “natural runner”, anyone who has known me for any length of time, including myself, remain shocked that I have started, let alone persisted, with this…

The concept of cognitive re-framing has a variety of definitions and most of them get a little too bogged down in psychological jargon. I prefer to define and explain cognitive re-framing as teaching ourselves to perceive the same experience in a more positive way. Sometimes cognitive re-framing comes naturally from…

This week I’d like to give some advice on how to structure your training sessions. For this purpose, I’m going to assume that you are someone who wants to train for health and fitness, not someone who wants to train for a specific sporting event or for a bodybuilding competition…