R16 Blog: Are you ready to take on the lake?
By Hayden Shearman // The Lion Foundation Rotorua Marathon is ONLY ONE MONTH away, people. Which means it’s time to get race ready: learn your race pace, sharpen your speed, conquer your fear […]
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R16 Blog: It’s Crunch Time
It’s less than 50 days to go till race day. And, keeping in mind that it takes about 21 days for our bodies to properly adapt to new training, we only have […]
R16 Blog: The Hills of the Rotorua Marathon
By Hayden Shearman // If you’re running the Lion Foundation Rotorua Marathon for the first time, you’ve probably heard one of two stories about the course: “It is flat and […]
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 […]
The Battle of the Bridge: Hills of the Auckland Marathon
By Hayden Shearman // One of the many frustrating things about running is the incredibly vague and contradicting uses of the terms “hilly”, “undulating”, “rolling”, and “flat”. Every runner has a […]
The Battle of the Bridge: Two Weeks Out
By Hayden Shearman // This week there’s been a noticeable increase in the number of runners out and about training for the Auckland Marathon. Trouble is, it’s almost too late. Aside […]
The ‘S’ Word Explained
By Hayden Shearman // This post was first published in my Stuff.co.nz blog in 2013. In last week’s post I attempted to sell you the idea of incorporating speed into […]
The Battle of the Bridge: Three Weeks Out
By Hayden Shearman // As the Auckland Marathon draws ever closer, I’ll be sharing some (hopefully) helpful insights to help get you to the start line as prepared as possible […]
Legend Marathon – Race Review
Organised in honour of legendary Auckland coach, Arthur Lydiard, the Legend Marathon is becoming a bit of a legend in its own right turning 10 years old on this year. So […]
Head for the Hills
If you’re running the Auckland Marathon or half, right now you should be about to nail your longest run. But, at this time, it’s also helpful to include some hills […]
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