Posts by: Frank Murphy

Fabulous february post #14

Just as your car runs more smoothly and requires less energy to go faster and farther when the wheels are in perfect alignment, you perform better when your thoughts, feelings, emotions, goals, and values are in balance.

Another question to ask yourself is if you run the same as you live your life. Are you pushing away from the last step or are you reaching for the next. Alternatively do you just go for broke???
Take from this what you will.

 

Wayne Grocott

Fabulous February post #13

“We run, not because we think it is doing us good, but because we enjoy it and cannot help ourselves…The more restricted our society and work become, the more necessary it will be to find some outlet for this craving for freedom. No one can say, ‘You must not run faster than this, or jump higher than that.’ The human spirit is indomitable.”

Stephen Johnson

Maxed out!

V02 max testing

Maxed out

Frank paid a visit to Staffordshire university again yesterday to complete the studies into V02 MAX testing.  To read about the first visit and the fun he had, click here.

Last week, Frank did the test without music and then this week with.  The aim was to find out if running, or exercising in general, is made easier, Read More…

Fabulous February post #12

“I am the eagle, I live in high country, in rocky cathedrals that reach to the sky;
I am the hawk and there’s blood on my feathers, but time is still turning they soon will be dry;
All those who see me, and all who believe in me, share in the freedom I feel when I run”

Ray Wilson

959 sticks – only one strong bundle

On Sunday, 14 members of Stoke F.I.T. and it’s 2 qualified running leaders took on the massive challenge, along with 943 other runners from all over the country of running a hard horrible wet cold muddy race called Hell in the middle.

Over the 7 days of the week before, emails went Read More…

Next race:Sunday 24th February

The next race will be the Kype pool 5 organised by biddulph running club.

It is a lovely 5 mile run with a fantastic 1 mile fun run for YOUR children, so get them all involved whilst they’re young and influential!!

Information can be found here.

Entry form can be found here.

Who trains the trainers?

UntitledOn Tuesday,  I was invited along to Staffordshire University to take part in some tests called V02 MAX tests.  The test was part physiological, and part psychological – to see if our body’s physiology and mental ability to cope under the stress of high intensity running was helped out by listening to music.  This week I did the test without music.  Next week it will swap over!

The test involved me warming up on a treadmill, and then being linked up to heart rate monitors and oxygen supplies.  I was then started off on the treadmill and the speed was increased by 1 kph every 30 seconds.  Every time the speed was increased, I was asked to point to a number on a chart (a Borg scale) that was relevant to how I was feeling, with 1 being no exertion, and 20 being completely exhausted. Read More…

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