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December 6, 2018 In Dirt By Simon

Tapering for Ultra Trail Cape Town: Lessons from Five Rooted In Dirt (RID) Athletes

We’ve heard it so many times before, “last minute.com training”, “surely you can’t be doing that run – you’re supposed to be tapering?”, “#doyoueventaper?” – but the truth is not many people actually know what a taper is, or how to taper effectively. In this...

June 1, 2018 In Dirt By Simon

Jonkershoek Mountain Challenge 24km Training Report – Renata Bossi

About 8 weeks ago now, a friend of mine contacted me with a very specific question, “would you be willing to train me for the final 6 weeks leading up to Jonkershoek Mountain Challenge (JMC)?” she asked. I love a challenge - so how could...

May 27, 2018 In Dirt By Simon

How to Train (Part 4) – Threshold Training

In this penultimate post on how to train - I will be discussing the key aspects of threshold (THR) training, after having covered both; polarized training (PT), high-volume training (HVT), and high-intensity interval training (HIIT) in previous posts. As with the previous three models, there...

athlete Tag

Tapering for Ultra Trail Cape Town: Lessons from Five Rooted In Dirt (RID) Athletes

Jonkershoek Mountain Challenge 24km Training Report – Renata Bossi

How to Train (Part 4) – Threshold Training

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