Run Faster
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Imagine the joy and satisfaction you would feel being able to run really well, feel comfortable running and actually enjoy the experience!
Do you think you have to spend countless hours every week logging up the kilometres, or follow exhaustive training programs to improve your running?
Well, you don’t, and all of the above is achievable no matter what age you are, or what your ability is!
In fact, if you are running no more than 20kms/week, you can get better without running any more….. and research has proven this!!
Imagine your confidence growing as your skill and strength improve, and you’re able to extend yourself without the fear of injury.
Firstly, let me introduce myself. My name is Graham Nelson and I am a qualified Physiotherapist with a Masters degree in Musculoskeletal Physiotherapy. I have been practising for over 20 years, and have treated many runners from the recreational to the sub-elite level.
I am also a very keen runner, have completed 3 marathons to date, countless half marathons and 10km races, and run between 40-70km/week depending on my training cycle.
As a Physiotherapist, you could say that I have a reasonable knowledge of the human body and how it works, especially how it moves… ie biomechanics. I have also spent a lot of my spare time researching scientific literature on running performance and strength training, and you may be surprised at what I’ve found. This information is not new, but many coaches and athletes are either not aware of it, or do not place enough emphasis on it.
With this information you could significantly improve your speed, endurance and running efficiency, set new PBs(or smash old ones!) no matter what your age(within reason ofcourse…if you’re 65 and were a sub-elite runner in your 20’s, you’re probably not going to get close to those times!). And you won’t need to increase your running volume!
I have first hand experience of how this training information revolutionised my running. After a shocking run in my first Melbourne Marathon in 2009 where I hit the wall at 32km, and struggled to finish in 4hrs14min, I came back the following year and took 27min off my time to finish in 3hr47min! That’s a big difference by anyone’s standards. In the same year I set PBs in the Run Melbourne half marathon and also the Puffing Billy race(13.2km through the Dandenong Hills), running injury free for the whole of that year.
More recently, just a month after my 44th birthday, I ran a PB(21:06) in a 5km time trial hosted by my running group, taking 20s off my previous time. Sure, this is not lightning fast, but it’s the fastest I’ve ever run over this distance!
My most recent marathon was 2014 Melbourne Marathon, exactly 4 years after my 2nd marathon(my son was born in 2011, which did put the brakes on my running for a little while!). While I improved on my time by only around 1 minute, this was an unseasonally hot day, reaching 30 degrees in the early afternoon, with no cloud cover. These conditions caused some significant cramping in the last 5 kms of the race, forcing me to stop and walk a few times( many competitors had the same problems). Perhaps I should have gone out a little more conservatively, but I was on track to to break 3:40 at around 34kms. I also hydrated the best I could the day before and during the race. The point here is that 4 years later, and 4 years older, I’m still improving on my times.
Even more recently I broke my own 10km personal best time(set about 10 years ago!) in a race around Princes Park Melbourne organised by the Sri Chinmoy group. Again, the conditions were not favourble, with steady rain and wet terrrain… but I beat my previous time by 5s to finish in 43:51.
Well, I’ve put all this information in an ebook that I have written titled “Run Faster: The 7 secrets to improving speed, endurance and risk of injury.”
I have spent hundreds of hours researching and compiling this information(and because I have a young family, this has literally taken almost 3 years!!), mainly because I wanted to share this knowledge with the running community. I want runners to really understand the biomechanics of running and what factors are most important in improving speed, endurance and efficiency.
The book is also packed with photos of over 100 exercises and tests you can perform to not only improve your running, but also to add strength and stability to your body, improve your posture, balance and agility and have you feeling more confident.
So what will this information cost you? First, let’s look at what you could pay a personal trainer to achieve a similar result. Let’s say you spend 2 x 30min sessions/week with a PT, each costing you about $40 (which is probably a conservative estimate!). That’s $80 per week, for let’s say 8 weeks. That’s a total of $640 …. and some of the exercises may not even be running specific.
And because your mindset and understanding around strength training will shift, and your training will be very specific to improving your running and reducing injuries, you could get the same result in 6 weeks!
Imagine the joy you will feel once you have integrated and applied this knowledge and you are setting new PBs, running for longer or completing your first marathon!!
Your running will become easier, more efficient and much more enjoyable. Your chance of injury will literally halve…. all for the small investment of $29AUD!!. That’s less than the cost of a… Read more…
