Roads to Freedom

A critical part of your progress is sleep, for multiple reasons. Here are a few basic tips.

Good, deep, nasal breathing is a sign of a well trained aerobic system and a healthy parasympathetic response. Stress, lifestyle postures, too much high intensity exercise, poor diet, sleep etc are a…

Many runners start running to lose weight and it certainly can help a lot. But for maximum results and better health, pay attention to what you eat and when, rather than how much.

Why separate your non-running training into strength and mobility sessions, since they are inter-reliant in movement and not separate at all?

How to integrate running, walking and other varied mindful movement practice for great active recovery and better running consistency.

Many runners are looking to increase their stride length, but few understand the biomechanics involved or how to improve them.

How to optimise your footwear to get the best out of your anatomy, whilst staying out of pain.

Momentum, bodyweight, gravity combining to load elastic energy from the ground and people us forwards with a stride that lengthens behind us.

Moving from working on cadence with short steps as we progress forwards, to effortlessly falling into our first step.

Faster cadence does not mean you are going faster. You might just be running up and down on the spot. But it does improve a lot of the key elements of running form that will enable you to eventually …

Most elite runners achieve a cadence of around 180 or more. There are good biomechanical reasons for this and we can take full advantage of the 'free energy' from the ground to gain more speed with l…

Balance and stability in life, but also in our structure, are vital for runners. A skeleton that is unbalanced in structure in standing posture will be equally so walking and will present a real prob…