Spring is here and with it comes new life, growth and hope. This is not just for the animal kingdom and budding plants who have been battling for survival through winter but also the athlete who has been doing the same. With the winter grind behind us, the prospect of longer days, warmer temperatures and the sudden realisation that a lot of sand has slipped through the hour glass during our hibernation spurs many back to life. Like spring bulbs rapidly sprouting from the grou

Now this is a topic that I have covered before in previous articles. However, I want to share with you some new research that again reinforces the importance of runners hitting the gym. Not only to do the now widely accepted body weight type core exercises, but to actually start throwing some serious tin around. In a recent research paper 18 endurance runners with ~ 40 min 10 km times were split into two groups. One group was a control group in which they performed their norm