GET YOURS On Kindle or in Paperback Rather than have a book launch I will go to wherever the demand is. If your club/community/sports partnership would like to host a Free Q&A session on the concepts covered in the book email runningfrominjury@gmail.com and we will try to arrange a summer visit. Very excited for youContinue reading “Running from injury available on Amazon”
Monthly Archives: June 2021
Running from Injury Book Interviews
Check out three interviews I recorded with Karl Henry, Shane Finn and Eoin Flynn in connection with the book, each with a slightly different emphasis. Karl Henry, Host of Real Health Shane Finn Host of Pushing Limits podcast Eoin Flynn, Host of Trail Running Ireland
The Search for Ikigai: Why who you are is more important than what you do
Note: if you would like to work with me to discover your own ikigai please email: runningfromnoise@gmail.com I can still remember the rabbit in the headlights moment when he described me as a ‘transformational leader‘. There was only two of us in the cramped workplace canteen, akin to a utility room. Of course, I didn’tContinue reading “The Search for Ikigai: Why who you are is more important than what you do”
Chapter 18: A little less information
18. I still do it now: set myself a target (albeit a less ambitious one) for my running; wear a watch so that I am fed a constant stream of information about pace, distance, and heart rate; compare that to where I was, where I am and where I’m aiming for; I notice what otherContinue reading “Chapter 18: A little less information”
Chapter 17: Being barefoot
17. I was in pain and living in a desert with no access to physical therapies. I knew what was wrong. It was plantar fasciitis, the familiar heel pain that had taken months of rest and shockwave therapy to resolve previously. I was teaching English in Qatar, the year after my first degree and runningContinue reading “Chapter 17: Being barefoot”
Chapter 16: Limit your options
16. I was once asked at a talk what was the first thing I did when I was aiming to run well. Without thinking I answered, ‘finish work by 4pm’. I think the audience member was expecting an answer that involved a specific training routine, but the answer I gave was a serious one. WithoutContinue reading “Chapter 16: Limit your options”
Chapter 15: Slow and steady wins the race
15. In chapter 12 I tell the story of my first personal best in a very long time following 8 weeks of a very unconventional run programme. The average running volume for those 8 weeks was 32 miles and in later years it reached 40 miles in similar programmes. I calculated the average weekly mileageContinue reading “Chapter 15: Slow and steady wins the race”
Chapter 14: The new normal
14. Sprinting up that hill as fast as I could, I knew it wasn’t possible for there to be anything ‘wrong’ with my legs. Yes, my tendon was a bit sore, but it was clearly working extremely well. This was further confirmed by my ability to hop and bound; to perform calf raises with 100-kgContinue reading “Chapter 14: The new normal”
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