Calculating your Ideal Training Level
Training should be a mix of easy and hard workout sessions. In some training sessions you will go flat out, and you need to do this occasionally in order to build your anaerobic conditioning, but you also want to make sure you don’t over exert yourself too often. Remember that when you are training, you should be aiming on working at no more than an average of 75 to 80% of your maximum capacity. The idea is to build your conditioning without exhausting yourself so much that your body needs time to repair itself. Most running injuries...
read morePreparing for your first City2Surf
So if you’d like to get fit, now is a great time to start. One of the things I’d love to see is a lot more people getting out and enjoying exercise and I think the City 2 Surf is an excellent event to get you started on the road to better health and fitness. I’ve run it with work teams; club teams, I’ve run it solo, I’ve done it with a group of mates and I ran it 26 times with my dad. Whether you are a family group, a club, a school or a group of workmates, the City to Surf is a fun day out and a great day for...
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