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We're now on weeks 21-24 of our Lakeland Training Plan. If you're joining us late, don't worry, you can just jump right in, but read the previous articles / blogs linked below. There's 21 weeks of training left and the easiest way to burnout prior to the event and get injured is to do too much intensity and not enough easy stuff.  Our theme from week 1 has been to develop aerobic base, which requires a minimum of 3-6 months to see significant changes, running below aerobic threshold. By now you may want to jump with the high intensity interval training, but the...

We're now on weeks 17-20 of our Lakeland Training Plan. If you're joining us late, don't worry, you can just jump right in, but read the previous articles / blogs linked below. There's 25 weeks of training left and the easiest way to burnout prior to the event and get injured is to do too much intensity and not enough easy stuff.  Our theme from week 1 has been to develop aerobic base, which requires a minimum of 3-6 months to see significant changes, running below aerobic threshold. By now you may want to jump with the high intensity interval training, but the...

We're now on weeks 13-16 of our Lakeland Training Plan, following our Christmas and New Year break! If you're joining us late, don't worry, you can just jump right in, but read the previous articles / blogs linked below. It's important to rein yourself in at this time of year as everyone is on a 'New Year Mission' and we're still a long way from July. It must be fun, it must not be a stress and you must remain healthy and injury free over the next few months.  As previous, our focus is to develop aerobic base, which required...

Open water season is about to comments and shortness of breath, potentially leading to panic attacks are one of the most common issues among novices. In this week's blog, we talk about the physiology behind the problem. It's all about the CO2 Your breathing and heart rate are largely controlled by CO2 levels in your blood stream. In simple terms, when you start to exercise, you create CO2, which accumulates in your blood. You have receptors in your bloody system which detect the rise in CO2 and they send a message to your heart and lungs to 'speed up'. When...

We're now on weeks 9-12 of our Lakeland Training Plan. Without sounding like a broken record.... the general basis of the sessions are the same as the last 8 weeks as it'll take 3-6 months to see significant changes from running below aerobic threshold. This approach takes time, but leads to real progress. High intensity training gives you a return much sooner, but you also plateau and stop improving very quickly, with no real long term progress. Just ask yourself whether you get better year on year, if the answer is no, there's nothing to lose. We have time on our...