Category Archives: Rene Borg

Mistaking the icing for the cake

Mistaking the icing for the cake

As 50 years of practice and the recent Stephen Seiler study has shown, the most important determinant of success in running is ‘volume’. And to do volume we need to achieve consistency. To have consistency we need to have good recovery. To have good recovery, we need to have a very strong aerobic system. To…

René’s Blog: Ten injury prevention cures I no longer need

René’s Blog: Ten injury prevention cures I no longer need

I went looking in my cupboard the other day and noticed several unused tubs of “tiger balm”. I then looked around a bit further and saw an almost full jar of Advil, some unused sports massage gel and a few rolls of zinc-oxide tape. That’s when it occurred to me: the stupendous amount of things…

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