R16 Blog: The Taper
By Hayden Shearman // I heard of a beginner runner who decided to do a marathon at short notice and set out the day before the race to see if […]
Tag Archives: marathon training
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: Marathon Running Technique
By Hayden Shearman // When running a marathon you will, on average, take about 42,000 steps. That is a lot of performing the same action over and over. And if […]
R16 Blog: Bust Christmas Stress with Running Speed
By Hayden Shearman // Things go a bit nutty in the build up to Christmas. We shop and work and party like the world will end on December 25, often leaving […]
R16 Blog: The 3 Habits of Highly Successful Runners
By Hayden Shearman // This is the first blog of a fortnightly series all about getting you trained up and raring to go for the 2016 Lion Foundation Rotorua Marathon […]
Race Review: Jackie’s big PR at Sydney Marathon
Jaclyn Lee has run a whopping 15 marathons. She’s originally from America but is currently living and working in NZ, which is allowing her to sample some of the race […]
The Battle of the Bridge: One Week Out
By Hayden Shearman // Wow it’s hard to believe that we’re inside two weeks to go till the great dance. The time when Aucklanders don their running shoes by the […]
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 […]
Gearing up for Spring TempoFit
The Spring Season, starting 15 September, is set to be a big one!
A Runner's Guide 