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TDS (Sur les traces des Ducs de Savoies) Part 3
Walking back out into the night felt cold even though we were at no more than 700m. Walking through this village that now seemed deserted...
Coach Martin
Apr 27, 202018 min read
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TDS (Sur les traces des Ducs de Savoies) Part 2
We walked up the central street of the Bourg, high fiving some young kids, applauding a group of street musicians, envying some people...
Coach Martin
Mar 26, 202013 min read
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TDS (Sur les traces des Ducs de Savoies) Part 1
It was the middle of a late august afternoon in 2017 and I was sitting on the side of the path at the 60th kilometer. Even though I was...
Coach Martin
Mar 11, 202013 min read
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Il Sonno e l'atleta
“Sleep is extremely important to me – I need to rest and recover in order for the training I do to be absorbed by my body” – Usain Bolt....
Coach Martin
Dec 12, 20196 min read
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Sleep and the Athlete
“Sleep is extremely important to me – I need to rest and recover in order for the training I do to be absorbed by my body” – Usain Bolt....
Coach Martin
Dec 10, 20196 min read
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Interval Training for Trail & Mountain Running: Basic Physiology
Interval training was invented in the 1930s by the German coach Waldemar Gerschler together with his compatriot physiologist Hans...
Martin
Nov 19, 20195 min read
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How should we be training?
One thing has been made abundantly clear over the last 20 years of physiological research, genetics is vitally important. In the...
Martin
Oct 29, 20194 min read
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Defeating the Chimp Brain with Mantras
In the previous article we have looked at a protocol – RISE – that can be used to turn our mental game round when it all starts going...
Martin
Sep 2, 20194 min read
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Defeating Negative Thought Patterns - RISE
Trail running is hard! No matter how much we want to look like Kilian, Jim, Xavier, Lizzy, Rory or Courtney* the reality is that...
Martin
Aug 20, 20194 min read
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Swimrun (Gaetano's Race) (English)
Swimrun events are not very common in Italy. It’s more of a northern European phenomenon and actually started in Sweden where the most...
Martin / Gaetano
Aug 13, 20196 min read
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Swimrun (La gara di Gaetano) (Italiano)
Gli eventi Swimrun non sono molto comuni in Italia. È più un fenomeno del Nord Europa, e in realtà è iniziato in Svezia, dove la gara più...
Martin / Gaetano
Aug 13, 20195 min read
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Downhill Running (Part 2)
In the first part of this article we have looked at what we can do to improve our muscular resistance to the difficulties of running...
Martin
Aug 5, 20194 min read
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Downhill Running (Part 1)
It probably happens to you as well. Someone asks me about my running and immediately after I have started explaining they immediately...
Martin
Jul 30, 20194 min read
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Stonebrixiaman ("You want to do what?")
When Mauro contacted me and talked about Stonebrixiaman I thought he was crazy. Motivated but crazy! 4km of swimming in the dark to cross...
Martin
Jul 15, 20197 min read
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Stonebrixiaman ("Cosa vuoi fare?")
Quando Mauro mi ha contattato e parlato del Stonebrixiaman ho pensato che fosse matto. Motivato ma matto! 4km di nuoto al buio per...
Martin
Jul 15, 20196 min read
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Recovery
As athletes we know that getting enough rest after exercise is essential to high-level performance, but many of us still over train and...
Martin
Jul 11, 20195 min read
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Exercise Associated Muscle Cramps (EAMC)
“A spasmodic, painful, involuntary contraction of the skeletal muscle that occurs during or immediately after exercise”. Probably about...
Martin
Apr 15, 20199 min read
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LUT - la prima ultra oltre 100km (e una valle di cacca)
“Ciao! Mi chiamo Gianmaria e corro da 1 anno e mezzo trail in maniera continuativa. Quest'anno ho percorso tanti km e ho sudato tanto e i...
Martin
Jul 3, 20189 min read
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Strength Training for Trail Runners
Should Trail Runners do any form of Strength Training? What are the advantages and how can strength training make you a better runner?
Martin
Jun 13, 20185 min read
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Pre - Race Tapering
It is generally accepted that an athlete will produce a superior race performance when he or she is in an optimally trained condition...
Martin
Mar 30, 20187 min read
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