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The Imperfect Leader

I’m not far away from completing my first term as a full-time English teacher. For most of the term, my year 9 class has been studying...

Aug 23, 20219 min read

1. Stroopwafels The Dutch town of Gouda has given the world fantastic cheese, but also the world’s most anabolic cookie ever made. For...

Jun 16, 20212 min read

To try and document my coaching experience more consistently, I’ve decided I’m going to complete monthly reflections. The coaching...

Jun 4, 202110 min read

“It is important to draw wisdom from many different places. If you take it from only one place, it become rigid and stale.” When two...

Apr 28, 202111 min read

A random reflection piece 23/11/20 The primary objective in training, for most, is acquiring a set of skills useful in a competitive...

Nov 23, 20205 min read

“GDOL” - The most frequently said phrase at training over the last 6 months. Every time I hear it, I get the coaching-tingles deep...

Aug 12, 20205 min read

A common microcycle for a 100m sprinter may include a day for Acceleration (~0-40m), Top Speed (~50-60m) and ‘Speed Endurance’...

Jul 7, 20203 min read

I am obsessed with watching the world’s best athletes on YouTube in order to learn more about sprinting technique. After all, we should...

Feb 14, 20203 min read

If a sprinter likes being flogged, maybe they should not be a sprinter, they should be a 400m runner

Nov 27, 20193 min read