The Distance Collective

19/11/2025

We're talking about practice.

As coaches, we see athletes making mistakes consistently in training. The important thing to remember is making mistakes in training is an important part of developing as an athlete. Misjudging effort, underestimating routes and pushing too hard are part and parcel with the process of training for r...

11/11/2025

Are you having fun?

Social media has a way of distorting the simple things, turning training into a statement of identity instead of an act of enjoyment. Somewhere between influencer advice and algorithmic noise, it’s easy to forget why we run in the first place. Beyond this performative hardship, it's worth remember...

15/08/2024

Why are you cramping?

Debunking the myth.

There was a study published in June 2022, that aimed to compare dehydration variables, electrolyte levels, and muscle damage markers between runners who suffered from exercise-associated muscle cramps and runners who did not experience exercise-associated muscle cramps over the course of a road mara...

23/07/2024

https://www.thedistancecollective.com/post/the-truth-about-strength-training-for-runners-fad-or-essential-component

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With running booming and social media full of information and misinformation, it’s easy to lose focus or become misguided on what elements of training are worth pursuing and what things may be best left behind. How does strength stack up and why might it be a valuable inclusion to your training we...

13/12/2023

We have four key training principles that we adhere to when working with our clients. We believe that it is crucial to have training principles to guide coaching in order to achieve the best possible outcomes for our clients.

Our fourth principle is process over outcome. We wrote a short blog on what that means for us and our clients.

https://www.thedistancecollective.com/post/the-importance-of-focusing-on-process-over-outcome-in-sport
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Our last guiding principle is process over outcome. Simply put, an athlete's focus should be primarily on the smaller process goals that are required to be achieved in order to reach the desired outcome. Generally, you will have more control over the processes than you do over the outcome. It's impo...

11/12/2023

Feeling low post-race? You might not be alone.

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As we find ourselves in a period where a lot of key events are starting to take place for people, I wanted to bring up a phenomenon that, whilst it’s not clinically defined, is certainly endured for a large number of athletes. The Post-Race Blues can be described as an experience of situational de...

05/12/2023

We have four key training principles that we adhere to when working with our clients. We believe that it is crucial to have training principles to guide coaching in order to achieve the best possible outcomes for our clients.

Our third principle is consistency. We wrote a short blog on what that means for us and our clients.

Why is consistency such an important principle for running? The easiest way to arrive at an answer for this question is to flip the question on its head; 'consistent athletes improve'. It's a terrible cliche, but there are no shortcuts in distance running. Consistency is the most important factor in...

04/12/2023

Wrapping up September to November with The Distance Collective

29/11/2023

We have four key training principles that we adhere to when working with our clients. We believe that it is crucial to have training principles to guide coaching in order to achieve the best possible outcomes for our clients.

Our second principle is individuality. We wrote a short blog on what that means for us and our clients.

This one really speaks for itself; we are all individuals and we all have individual responses to exercise. We believe everyone is unique and that everyone's response to exercise is different, which is why it's essential to craft training with that in mind. There may be differences between sexes but...

22/11/2023

We have four key training principles that we adhere to when working with our clients. We believe that it is crucial to have training principles to guide coaching in order to achieve the best possible outcomes for our clients.

Our first principle is enjoyment. We wrote a short blog on what that means for us and our clients.

https://www.thedistancecollective.com/post/finding-the-fun-in-running-why-enjoyment-should-be-a-key-principle-in-running-coaching

https://www.thedistancecollective.com/post/finding-the-fun-in-running-why-enjoyment-should-be-a-key-principle-in-running-coaching

https://www.thedistancecollective.com/post/finding-the-fun-in-running-why-enjoyment-should-be-a-key-principle-in-running-coaching

Our first principle is enjoyment. Training shouldn't be an obligation, rather, it should be something you engage with while spending time doing the things you enjoy. That's not to say that 100% of training should be enjoyable, but the practice of seeking out improvement and challenge should be enjoy...

20/09/2023

Wrapping up May - August 2023 with The Distance Collective

13/09/2023

With a potentially warm day approaching for the Sydney Marathon this weekend, we are revisiting this blog on how to deal with the warmer conditions.

Longer days, less layers and clear skies; summer is for the most part, a great time of year to be a runner. Despite this, running in the warmer months can bring a new set of challenges when it comes to lacing up and heading out the door. In a very brief sense, your body is forced to deal with heat i...