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It's the final part of our blog trilogy and today we're focusing on the use of tech to monitor training. Undoubtedly, when used in the right ways, there's many benefits to the available tech, but as with anything, there's pitfalls. If we’re going to set a schedule, then we also need to discuss training zones and associated physiology. As part of that, we need to talk about ‘thresholds’. This means we’re going to have to get slightly technical later in this post, so prepare yourself before we go any further, you might need a dose of mental resilience. Hold tight. ...

A few thoughts this week, based on recent discussions and experiences related to social running. We've posted multiple times about the benefits of running easy (below aerobic threshold) rather than running too hard on longer sessions. There's enough evidence now (thanks to mass data collection via online platforms) to demonstrate that those who complete the bulk of their volume below aerobic threshold, are the ones who perform best on race day. You can't build your volume unless you slow down and run at a lower intensity. It's also clear that if you're following a polarised approach, you can't do your hard stuff...

I appreciate that I do 'bang on' about the same subjects each week, but a conversation whilst out on the bike on Sunday, has brought me back to the topic of 'Fatigue Resistance'. A paper just published by Maunder et al titled The Importance of ‘Durability’ in the Physiological Profiling of Endurance Athletes' was the first to kick off the interest in the subject, early last year. In truth, 'durability' is nothing new but it's a timely discussion based on recent trends in triathlon training. There's been a trend for many years to focus on 'quality over quantity' which means...

For all those who are entered into the Montane Lakeland 50 & 100 event for 2023, we'll be posting a free training plan which will begin Monday October 3rd and build progressively to the event, which takes place July 28th-30th 2023. The plans and supporting blog posts will be posted in the Lakeland 50 & 100 Ultra Trail Race Community Facebook Group on a regular basis.  The plan will accommodate both the 50 and 100 mile event and will be suitable for most of the competitors who are looking to successfully complete. If you're not taking part in the 2023...

I'm Finty, one of the Endurance Store sponsored athletes. As you may be aware, I'm a fell runner from Brinscall. I am also currently studying medicine at Lancaster University. As I'm writing this, it's actually been four years to the day since I travelled to Lanzada in Italy to represent England at the 2018 Mountain Running International Youth Cup. This is me and some of the England Team. I'm 3rd from the left. Since then, I've been privileged enough to represent England a further four times; however, recently, I missed out on England selections. I was pretty disappointed if I'm...