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Le sujet des chaussures et leur impact sur la course a été largement débattu sur diverses plateformes—critiques de chaussures, tests de chaussures, sites de vente, vidéos, réseaux sociaux, publicités, et sponsoring. Cependant, une discussion récente dans le podcast "Inside Exercise" (épisode du 2 juillet) a apporté une perspective nouvelle qui a retenu mon attention. Deux déclarations m'ont particulièrement surpris : - Les chaussures ne sont pas des contributeurs majeurs aux blessures en course à pied. - Les chaussures n'ont pas vraiment d'effet sur la posture en course. Ces affirmations sont étonnantes, surtout lorsqu'on considère l'importance capitale des chaussures pour courir. Si vous êtes un coureur typique, l'importance des chaussures ne peut être sous-estimée. Imaginez courir sans chaussures—vos mouvements seraient gravement limités, et même marcher correctement deviendrait un défi. L'absence de chaussures vous empêcherait de courir sur des

Une Approche Sur Toute l'Année En matière de trail running, suivre strictement un calendrier saisonnier n'est pas forcément la meilleure approche, surtout si vous n'êtes pas un professionnel. Personnellement, je trouve plus efficace de me concentrer sur des courses objectives et de structurer mon entraînement autour de ces événements. Généralement, de nombreux coureurs passent de la fin août à la mi-octobre à l'entraînement de base, puis enchaînent avec des courses sur route, des petits trails urbains et des événements plus courts jusqu'en janvier. Certains participent à des courses de cross-country jusqu'en avril avant de se lancer dans la saison de trail running. D'autres préfèrent skier ou faire du vélo en hiver, reprenant la course en trail seulement en mars. J'ai observé une grande variété de stratégies, et je ne suis pas convaincu qu'il soit toujours nécessaire de suivre une saison, surtout si vous ne faites que trois ou quatre courses par an.

Link to podcast: https://open.spotify.com/episode/3Ltmnt08QzvQ3clDkdjJo1 --- In this episode of the Inside Exercise podcast, Professor Rasmus Østergaard Nielsen discusses with Dr. Glenn McConell how running injuries occur and how to prevent them. However, in my opinion as a strength and conditioning coach, we should add some extra information. --- I totally understand the concept of "too much, too soon": too much volume increase, too frequent training, too high intensity, too much running in new shoes, and so on. For me, "not enough, not often enough, and not soon enough" are what mostly matter. We talk about mobility, flexibility, and running-specific strength and conditioning. When runners discover our sport as beginners, they are already overwhelmed with information about gear, races, and training. Adding more learning can be difficult to manage, but since education is the first line of defense, it should be prioritized. Science is evolving, and training methodol

Running through a season like a madman, even if you planned only 8 races is not a good idea. The body to become stronger needs significant amount of constant rest. This must be done in the form of a couple of consecutive days between races or after hard weeks and maybe 2 to 4 weeks of rest after a big block training / racing.  Of course, the "you must know, understand and listen" to your body framework is still applied here. There might some phases of your year, where these consecutive days would still include a couple of hours of training, like 1 hour of pilates and 3 hours of zone 1, 90-100bpm heart rate e-bike riding. Other times you will chose complete rest. Most importantly, you'll always hyper-hydrate, fill up your tank, sleep and nap as much as possible and avoid stress. If you woke up every single day at 6am, now for these 3 days off, you sleep in. You might chill only for three days, but maybe you planned well the week too, at a low volume, low intensity, low fre

A little bit of coaching today. I am going to run a race of 32km with D+2400m of elevation gain in Saurat in the Pyrenees on the 2nd of November as my next challenge and maybe a shorter race in Montgailhard the week after. I am trying to create a vague training plan to understand what I need to improve my current fitness, in order to compete well out in front.  Count Three weeks back from race. That is the taper. I am staying in shape and keeping to my base fitness already, so no base training will be needed. However, I will definitely, sharpen my body up to speed for the race specific speed phase. 3 weeks of strength and base plyometrics to the start. 3 weeks of race specific training in the middle. 9 weeks total, race week included. This is a focused plan. Not a general plan. ------------------------------------------- BASE PHASE Week 1 1x Plyo session + 1 Hill Sprint Session 1x Strength session + Easy run / Bike ride 1x Dynamic Run, with pickups 1x Medium long run with D+700 - 1000m

One of my favorite quotes of all time, I think it is from he hip hop preacher:  Are you willing to sacrifice who you are today, for whom you can become tomorrow ? This week I did not run yet and probably, there will be more weeks like this to come. There is just no time. I learnt something early enough in life fortunately. I do not ever, ever, ever, sacrifice my health for any sort of short or even long term gains. There was this serious question popping up back in the day. Would you want to win an Olympic gold, if you knew that 5 years after you would be dead. There was like I don't know how many, but over 60% positive answers. If you asked me, if I would sacrifice an hour of sleep, for an 1hour of run, knowing that tomorrow I would be drowsy and fatigued, I would say NO ! At this moment for the next 3 weeks, I will be living alone. I am pulling 11h shifts. 9 to 20. Going with the bike, coming back with the bike. With shower and change, add 2 hours to it. Then there is a must to c

I will be staying without the family for 3 weeks as I am preparing the apartment for the sales. This is something I never thought about would be a problem, but I kind of guessed. Every time I am out, for long bike rides, long runs, 2 day races and so, I always think a lot about my family. I really love my distance family, like mother, father, all my cousins and aunts and uncles, but I never really had this real deep bond with them. It is strange, but not even with my parents. They probably very well prepared me for life to be able to stand on my own and to not to lock down at thins, people, places or not to call home a place just because we born or settled there for a while.  On the other hand my wife and daughter are really missing. I want to cuddle them, be with them, hug them and even if I am looking for personal disturbance free space, I just like to know that they are around. This is something that completes me as a human. I also have a lot of energy and endurance and I think I me

I always knew how I wanted to live and what sort of environment I would want to be in: a calm place very close to nature or in nature itself, away from people or in a very small community. As I get older, I find myself less tolerant, and our current home has become increasingly popular with tourists. Our population quadruples in June, July, August, and September in Mandelieu, making it increasingly unlivable. The traffic is so dense in this small place that it creates noise, which is upsetting, and people are often angry and complaining in the shops. Additionally, we are overtaxed by nearly 20% here on the Côte d'Azur for all insurances, including car, motorbike, home, life, and health. We live in a small city between two massifs: the Tanneron and the Esterel. One is 12 minutes away, and the other is a 6-minute walk. Despite this, as I age, I don't just want to escape for my 1- to 10-hour runs and cycling adventures; I want to stay away. I want to be in a calm place. I have alw