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10-Tips to Conquer Your First Marathon!

Jonny Mellor — Sun, 12 Sep 2021 06:06:22 +0000

Checkout our top 10-tips to prepare for your first marathon, or indeed if you've ran multiple marathons a nice reminder! The day before the race do a final kit check, pin your number to your vest and make sure you’ve not forgotten anything you might need on race day. I like to make notes in [...]

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Work Smarter, Not Harder

Jonny Mellor — Mon, 10 May 2021 14:48:10 +0000

This is something I’ve taken a number of years to get the hang of and still I find it difficult at times to get my head around it… Quantity does not equal quality. Too many runners spend time and energy chasing miles. At the end of the day, it’s just a number right? Sure there’s [...]

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Stop Start During Lockdown

Jonny Mellor — Mon, 26 Apr 2021 15:15:11 +0000

Stopping and Starting Training The ever changing landscape and moving of goalposts during lockdown has been very frustrating and at times upsetting for everyone. After working so hard in training to see your event postponed or even cancelled it’s very easy to be side tracked or lose motivation. I’ve witnessed this first hand after suffering [...]

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Pace Calculations and Terminology

Jonny Mellor — Thu, 07 May 2020 11:02:55 +0000

Simple Pace Calculations Marathon Pace Variety: Steady run or long repeats (e.g. 3x3-miles at marathon pace) Intensity: Generally 80-90% of your max heart rate. Purpose: Due to the principle of specific adaptation, used to experience race pace conditions for those training for a marathon or simply as an alternative to Easy pace running for beginners on long [...]

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Overtraining and Getting the Balance Right

Jonny Mellor — Fri, 16 Aug 2019 17:03:13 +0000

Are You Overtrained? Overtraining ins’t an injury, per se. You’re not hurt. Nothing is swollen, nothing is broken. You don’t limp. It’s just that when you run, your legs feel dead most of the time, your workout and race times have both started to deteriorate, and you enjoy running less and less. By overdoing [...]

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Easy Runs

Jonny Mellor — Sat, 29 Dec 2018 12:26:05 +0000

Do you know how fast you should be running your easy runs?

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Managing Pain

Jonny Mellor — Fri, 28 Dec 2018 16:39:54 +0000

One of the most useful methods of managing pain is segmentation. Before every marathon I ask all my runners to break the race down into manageable chunks. Whether it’s solving problems or swimming the channel it’s the easiest way of helping us persist during hard times. Segmentation and breaking a race down is also essential [...]

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Marathon Looming

Jonny Mellor — Fri, 07 Dec 2018 15:41:50 +0000

Whether you’ve been successful in the ballot or are running for a charity the marathon is an exciting but often daunting spectacle especially if you’re new to running or running your first marathon. So the big question where to start? The first piece of advice I would offer would be to structure your week. This [...]

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Interview with Steve Vernon and Jonny Mellor

Jonny Mellor — Mon, 16 Apr 2018 10:42:44 +0000

A transcript from an interview with Jonny and coach Steve Vernon in the lead up to the 2018 Virgin Money London Marathon with OTE Sports Nutrition. HOW DID YOU BECOME A RUNNER? JM “I think like most people, I did a lot of different sports at a young age. I played football, and that gave [...]

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Talk Test

Jonny Mellor — Sun, 08 Apr 2018 18:20:34 +0000

Are you running at the correct pace in training to get the most out of your training schedule?

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