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📝 8 weeks out from the Burnie Ten.A week of 49.3km across 3hr42, with two quality sessions, 2 gym sessions and a 17km hi...
09/09/2026

📝 8 weeks out from the Burnie Ten.

A week of 49.3km across 3hr42, with two quality sessions, 2 gym sessions and a 17km hilly long run.

Wednesday was the main high intensity session: 10×1km @ 101–103% 10km pace with 90s recovery. This was a progression from the 600m reps I’d previously done in this block of Canova-style specific race-pace work. The aim wasn’t to suddenly run faster, but to extend the amount of time I could spend at the required intensity. Despite windy conditions, the reps averaged 3:16/km, finishing with a 3:04 final rep after pushing the last 500m.

Friday’s 2×15min threshold kept the aerobic work ticking over without creating unnecessary fatigue, while Sunday’s 17km hilly long run added some strength-endurance alongside the aerobic volume.

🔑 Training decision: progress the specific work by extending the reps rather than chasing faster splits.

💡 Coaching takeaway: Training is connected.
A good training program isn’t just a collection of isolated workouts, sessions build on what came before and prepare you for what comes next. The 600m reps from a few weeks back weren’t just a session to tick off, they were a step towards being able to handle this week’s 1km reps a similar intensity.

08/09/2026

Spot the imposter distance runner 👀

Back to basics this week with a more traditional single thresholds approach, 2 × threshold, 1 × speed and a long run.Sat...
03/09/2026

Back to basics this week with a more traditional single thresholds approach, 2 × threshold, 1 × speed and a long run.

Saturday’s session was a take on Bakken’s X-factor session, combining max velocity with a little 800m specific speed as I continue to try and regain the leg speed lost during my Achilles layoff.

Unfortunately, I woke up feeling sick Sunday, so the long run was cut short again. Not ideal, but there’s little value in forcing mileage when the body is telling you otherwise.

One obvious gap in my training remains mileage. 43.8km is enough to provide a meaningful stimulus, but it’s still modest for someone chasing a fast 10km. There’s no magic weekly mileage, and more isn’t automatically better. The challenge is finding the minimum effective dose now while gradually increasing the maximum I can tolerate.

🔑 Training decision: keep speed in the program, but use low volume to rebuild it progressively.

💡 Coaching takeaway: find the most productive dose you can consistently absorb, then slowly expand what that dose can be.

Recently discovered a new disorder.Post-Traumatic Run Disorder (PTRD).Characterised by an extreme aversion to running on...
26/08/2026

Recently discovered a new disorder.

Post-Traumatic Run Disorder (PTRD).

Characterised by an extreme aversion to running on grass surfaces, it is commonly caused by a recent or past traumatic cross country experience.

Symptoms may include disbelief when asked to run on a very slightly damp and muddy football oval.

Unfortunately, there is currently no known cure, although time and graded exposure may help.

Do you know anyone suffering from this?

Coach’s training log 📝10 weeks outThis was my biggest week of mileage in over 12 months, 53.5km across 5 runs.I added an...
26/08/2026

Coach’s training log 📝

10 weeks out
This was my biggest week of mileage in over 12 months, 53.5km across 5 runs.

I added an easy run this week, which gave me 4 consecutive days of running. With Saturday’s speed session being high intensity but very low volume, I felt the risk of adding the easy day was relatively low.

Tuesday’s 600s were wind-affected, so I alternated reps into and with the wind rather than chasing one pace. Thursday’s threshold felt a little tougher, likely carrying fatigue from Tuesday and my first gym session in a week.

I pulled up well after Sunday’s 17km, finishing with only some minor muscle soreness.

🔑 Training decision: adjust pace to the conditions rather than chasing the watch. A headwind costs you more than an equivalent tailwind gives back, so effort is a better guide than pace when the weather gets involved.

💡 Coaching takeaway: increasing training load doesn’t always mean making sessions harder. Sometimes it’s simply about gradually doing a little more, increasing frequency and seeing how the body responds, then building from there.

Mud from head to toe 🏃🏻‍♀️🖤So proud of these two for giving everything at Aus XC Champs in heavy, muddy, sludgy conditio...
23/08/2026

Mud from head to toe 🏃🏻‍♀️🖤

So proud of these two for giving everything at Aus XC Champs in heavy, muddy, sludgy conditions.

Not quite the results they were chasing, but the grit they showed is exactly what we can build on for what’s next.

You can’t control Mother Nature. To put into some perspective just how challenging and slow the conditions were, Piper was 1:36 (24sec/km) quicker at this same location last year on a similar course, despite being in much better shape this year

🇦🇺 Piper - 41st
🇦🇺 Amarli - 50th
Both not far off their previous placings, despite the unfavourable conditions.

Legends, both of you👏

Coach’s training log 📝Not quite the week I had planned 🤧🫩I was struck down with the sickness and needed a few more days ...
20/08/2026

Coach’s training log 📝

Not quite the week I had planned 🤧🫩

I was struck down with the sickness and needed a few more days than expected to recover. No symptoms below the neck though so managed a few runs.

That meant just 33 km for the week and 2 missed running sessions.

Saturday’s threshold session was originally planned as 6 × 6 minutes, but I was still recovering, so I stopped at 4 × 6 minutes. Sunday’s 15 km long run was a good test of whether I was starting to get back to normal.

Not a huge week, but sometimes the best training decision is knowing when not to train.

🔑 Training decision: Don’t chase missed training.

With illness disrupting the first half of the week, the decision was made to reduce the workload rather than try to squeeze the missed sessions back in.

The planned 6 × 6-minute threshold session became 4 × 6 minutes, providing enough quality stimulus without adding excessive fatigue while still recovering.

The goal was to get back into training progressively, not to compensate for a week that didn’t go to plan.

💡 Coaching Takeaway

Consistency doesn’t mean forcing every session.

There will inevitably be weeks where training doesn’t go to plan. Illness, niggles, fatigue and life can all get in the way.

The important part is not trying to make up for lost training. Fitness isn’t going to disappear because you miss a couple of sessions.

Sometimes the most productive thing you can do for the long term is pull back, recover and get ready to train properly again.

Coach’s Training Log 📝I’m documenting my training over the next 12 weeks in the lead-up to the Burnie 10, where I’m aimi...
15/08/2026

Coach’s Training Log 📝

I’m documenting my training over the next 12 weeks in the lead-up to the Burnie 10, where I’m aiming to beat my current 10km PB, set at the Launceston 10km in 2024.

Some context first.

I’m currently running 4 days a week as I continue to build back from Achilles tendinopathy that I dealt with from November 2024 through to April 2026.

I’ve been relatively pain-free since April, but I’m being cautious about doing too much too soon and am building steadily and sensibly. At the moment, I’m managing back-to-back runs on the weekend and eventually hope to add some easy running through the week.

The reality is that fitting those extra runs in isn’t always easy with 2 young kids, a wife who also wants to get her training done, staying in top of my rehab/strength sessions and working full-time.

Training to this point has largely been comprised of sub-threshold / Norwegian singles / “golden zone” training, influenced by Marius Bakken and James Copeland, while also trying to regain some speed after a loooong time away from sprinting 🐌

🔑 Training decision: Taking a few extra days before resuming sessions after the race effort was the right call.

💡 Coaching takeaway: With SubT reps it’s tempting to push the pace but the goal isn’t to prove your fitness in training. It’s to build it.

First Aus Champs 100m podium🥉🇦🇺🌟A brilliant reward for a season of consistent, high-level performances and a great resul...
24/04/2026

First Aus Champs 100m podium🥉🇦🇺🌟

A brilliant reward for a season of consistent, high-level performances and a great result despite injury in the final.

The athlete maketh the coach.

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