Train for Wellington Cigna Round the Bays: Destination Run
By Hayden Shearman // It’s just five weeks until the big day of Wellington Round the Bays, so now is the time be logging some of the longest runs of […]
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The Mistress and the Villain: Queenstown Marathon Review
By Hayden Shearman // Sitting in the back of a St. John’s ambulance at the 35.5k mark is not how I envisaged finishing my fifth marathon. Five minutes earlier I […]
Wellington Half Marathon Race Report
By Hayden Shearman. Back in 2007 I ran my first ever half marathon on this course. Seven years on, and with the added incentive of it hosting the national half marathon champs […]
How to Run a PB on the Wellington Marathon Course
By Hayden Shearman We’re just a few days out from yet another Wellington Marathon and if you’re running it, now is the time to know what to expect from possibly the […]
#50DaysOfWinterRunning
By Hayden Shearman (TempoFit head coach). The cold, the rain, the lack of daylight, the appeal of an hour extra in bed … There’s plenty about winter that can keep us from becoming […]
7 Tips for Running in the Heat
Some runners hate it; others love it. I personally fall into the latter category but having spent some time running and racing in more tropical climes I can certainly appreciate […]
The 5 Great Evils of Running
From feeling like I’ve got a cheese grater wedged between my thighs to taking a sneaky dump behind a bush in the grounds of Istanbul’s Topkapi Palace (with armed guards […]
Dunedin Marathon – 8 Sep 2013
By Hayden Shearman. The last time I raced in Dunedin I woke up in hospital. The last time I raced a marathon I was rushed to ED when I collapsed […]
Hot Runnings
Summer down under is in full swing. Australia has had a record-breaking heat wave (cracking the 50s Celsius) and New Zealand temperatures have been hitting the 30s on a regular […]
