Normally, when I am on the road, I write more than when I am not travelling. Unfortunately, here in Monte Gordo, the access to internet connection has been poor & so my posts have been somewhat irregular. Training has been going well for all the groups, with several training...

Last night was the first time the public got to see an official athletics competition in the new Olympic Stadium, as the British University & Colleges Sports Athletics Championships got underway. The weekend is the first test event scheduled for the venue, as health & safety...

This week has been a notable week in British sport, with the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) ruling that the British Olympic Association (BOA) policy of banning athletes suspended for doping offences for life, contravenes the World Anti-Doping Authority (WADA) code...

Given the significance of this year's Virgin London Marathon, with several athletes attempting to achieve a qualification time for the 2012 London Olympics & the fact that I have had the pleasure to work with a handful of those runners in recent days, weeks & months, I decided...

Well, there was nothing "routine" about that "normal" Grand National/FA Cup Semi Final weekend, after all! The Grand National was the most closely contested race in years & the FA Cup Semi Finals were awash with emotion & controversy. Meanwhile, the horse racing was matched...

After months of inconsistent & unseasonal weather, this week has been typical in the extreme for April, with heavy showers providing intervals for the warm spring weather. This weekend, is a routine mid-April sporting weekend too, with the with the starter's tape lifting on...

I hope the last two posts discussing the differential diagnosis of hip & groin pain have been useful, as I know this is quite a complex area & one that I have found useful to revise. I have been trawling through references once more to supplement the information gleaned from...

Whilst the sun shines on Lee Valley, the rain pours down on Los Angeles - sorry guys! Meanwhile, those athletes that remain in the Pleasure Dome are enjoying an empty track & throwing area. Following on from my last blog discussing the differential diagnosis of sporting hip...

Yesterday, a large proportion of the athletes based at the UK Athletics’ Lee Valley Hi-Performance Centre flew out to California for a 6 week block of warm weather training. Almost on cue, the sun has come out & temperatures in North East London have soared, meaning that...

Following my recent posts & reflections on the Matthew Syed book, Bounce, which promotes his argument that success in performance is the result of 10,000 hours of purposeful practice, today's blog is dedicated to providing the counter argument to the theory. Ross Tucker is...