Tag Archives: training

2/5 Top 10 Recovery Tips

Posted on May 5, 2012 by

Rest and recovery is an essential part of any workout routine.  Your after exercise recovery routine has a big impact on your fitness gains and sports performance and allows you to train much more effectively.   It’s best practice to … Continue reading →

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Highland Fling 2012

Posted on April 29, 2012 by

Someone searched today on ‘Lorn Pearson Highland Fling’ and got to my blog… well… it took place yesterday (Saturday 28th April) but I didn’t do it. I decided that the D33 was the Ultramarathon for me to have done and … Continue reading →

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New ViPR Workout

Posted on April 27, 2012 by

Inspired by the new Function Zone at Bellahouston and the new abundance of equipment in there… I figured it would be a good idea to get to know some of the equipment and get some good workouts from them. Here … Continue reading →

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10M Route Southside

Posted on March 29, 2012 by

Here’s a wee 10 mile route I’m planning to run with Ross tomorrow morning.  :-) 10M from Gorbals

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Top 10 Marathon Tips

Posted on March 22, 2012 by

With the marathon season coming up, I thought I’d put some top tips together to help you get through the 26.2 miles that is the marathon. Some of it you’ll know already, and some of it might be new to … Continue reading →

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My Garmin Training Effect Analysis

Posted on February 29, 2012 by

Since I got my Garmin 610, I’ve become interested in the Garmin Training Effect.  And I get a lot of people coming to my blog after searching on it.  You can read more about what it is here. I wanted to … Continue reading →

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Thursday thoughts…

Posted on February 9, 2012 by

It’s Thursday and I rather gratefully took yesterday off as a full rest day… the Ironing was piling up, and it had to be done, and it’s usually my punishment for skiving off exercise, so I took the housework and … Continue reading →

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I’ve entered a few more races…

Posted on February 8, 2012 by

Ok…. so I’ve just entered two 2012 races in two days now… I think I better get a grip.  ;-)  (Add to that the Barrathon I entered last week, and that’s 3 races in less than one week I’ve entered!) … Continue reading →

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Training Plan Wk6

Posted on February 6, 2012 by

Here’s what I did in week 5 of my training for the Highland Fling: Mon: AM: 5M easy Rest, PM: 30 mins Upper weights, Bodypump, 5 mile easy run home. Tue: AM: Kettlebell, PM: Swim or run Rest Day Wed: … Continue reading →

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Heart Rate Training

Posted on February 5, 2012 by

Do you use a heart rate monitor? I’ve been using heart rate monitors since I got my first one in December 2008: a good Timex one. Then since then I’ve used one with my Garmin. I learned the majority of … Continue reading →

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