Miles with Michelle - Your online running coach
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Hi, I am a UKA qualified Coach in Running Fitness with experience of setting up a running club and coaching athletes looking to improve their running. I believe anyone can run, and I see my role as one of encouragement and helping you improve your technique to get the best out of yourself, whatever your goals.
Miles with Michelle - Your online running coach
2y ago
In this week’s episode of Canicross Conversations, Louise at Paws 4 Running and I chat to canine researchers Anne Carter and small animal vet Emily Hall from heatstroke.dog about recognising the early signs of heat stroke in dogs. Anne, like myself and Louise, is a keen canicrosser – but what are the risk factors for our dogs of ..read more
Miles with Michelle - Your online running coach
2y ago
Today marks the release of the first episode of the new podcast, Canicross Conversations, which I've just launched with a colleague, Louise from Paws 4 Running. In the podcast, Louise and I chat to each other and various special guests and experts, about running, and canicross, sometimes while on the run ourselves. Listen to the ..read more
Miles with Michelle - Your online running coach
2y ago
Dogs don’t just die in hot cars. A much greater percentage of dogs now die from overheating while exercising, whether that be walking or running. The canicross season runs from September through to Easter, and the extreme ends of the season can still be very hot. Together with Louise Humphrey, a fellow canicross instructor, we ..read more
Miles with Michelle - Your online running coach
3y ago
I am lucky to be part of a support network of some amazing women, who I work and train with, so I thought, on International Women's Day, I would celebrate some of the women who have had a positive impact on my life over the last year or so. During lockdown, not much changed for ..read more
Miles with Michelle - Your online running coach
3y ago
As runners, we all know that building strength training into our schedules help make our bodies stronger, to prevent injury. But what form should that strength training take, and how can it help you become a better runner? Over the past two months, since the beginning of the year, I have scheduled four strength training ..read more
Miles with Michelle - Your online running coach
3y ago
If you're looking to improve your 5k time, it can often be confusing about how best to do this. Should you run more? Should you increase the distance of your runs? How many fast sessions should you include? Over the summer, I've been helping our Run Things Run Club members to improve their 5k times ..read more
Miles with Michelle - Your online running coach
4y ago
Running hurts sometimes Age 12, I was volunteered by my class to run the 800m at sports day. I was never an athletic child, and the thought of running around a track, with the entire school watching, filled me with dread. I was so worked up about it, that when I went to the track ..read more
Miles with Michelle - Your online running coach
4y ago
I have been lucky enough to have been a Runderwear ambassador for the past year, and Runderwear have kindly sent me lots of kit to try out so I thought I would share my favourite pieces of kit and explain why I like them so much. I have been using Runderwear products for around 3 ..read more
Miles with Michelle - Your online running coach
4y ago
One of the most common questions people ask me is, how do they improve their running? There are a number of ways people wish to improve: They may wish to focus on a PB for their next race They may want to progress to a new distance safely, and without injury They may seek to ..read more
Miles with Michelle - Your online running coach
4y ago
Following the decisions this week of many major spring marathons to postpone until the autumn, how can you best structure your training now to maintain the strong endurance base you have built up? #ukrunchat ..read more