Heidi Hogan-Steele is a good quality club runner who had been aiming to get under 3 hours for the marathon but had come up slightly short on a number of occasions after an impressive marathon debut in 2019 of 3.03. There were a couple of occasions where she went off a little too fast and […]
Bryony came on a running weekend that I ran for the John Lewis running club in 2016. We have always sent out a questionnaire to athletes before the weekend to get an idea of their goals and running ability. Bryony’s came back with information of someone with reasonable running experience who had done high mileage […]
I first approached Richard to discuss the mental side of my running. Although I was a competitive club athlete, I often struggled with pre-race nerves, negative comparisons with other runners and being overly critical of my own performances. Too much of my focus was on things outside my control rather than on preparing to run […]
Emma came to me initially in 2006 as she had run a couple of marathons and ‘blown up’ and had finished well below her potential. I wrote her training programme and actually ran with her on the day. She was quicker than me but my job was to slow her down as her competitive nature […]
