Tag: Intentional Training

• High ambition, high caution: my new running motto

  

  As I enter a new phase in my running career and take on a cautious approach to dedicated training, I find myself balancing the line between all of these crazy ambitions I have within my running career, and accomplishing those ambitions in the most cautious ways possible.

  Rhys Desmond

  March 9, 2023

  Health & Fitness, Inspirational, My Personal Journey, Personal Development, Running, Training, Workouts

  Adaptations, Ambition, Caution, David Roche, Intentional Training, Interval Training, Kilian Jornet, Plantar Fasciitis, Quality Training, Recovery, Running Mottos, Speed Work, Workouts

• Around the Bay & the quest for intentional training

  

  Since March has rolled in, it’s been all the more imperative me to slightly adapt my approach to what’s coming at the end of March – Around the Bay 30k. Around the Bay is one of Canada’s most famous races, and is often stacked with a deep field of runners from a variety of categories…

  Rhys Desmond

  March 4, 2023

  Inspirational, My Personal Journey, Races, Running, Training

  30k, Around the Bay 30k, Intentional Training, Return to Running, Sub 2-hour 30k, Training

• My best mistake was plantar fasciitis

  

  As much as the past three months have been somewhat brutal from both a physical and mental perspective (I even thought I’d have to retire at one point!), plantar fasciitis has been one of the greatest learning experiences I could have asked for in my running journey. I now feel like I’m setting myself up…

  Rhys Desmond

  March 1, 2023

  Health & Fitness, Inspirational, My Personal Journey, Personal Development, Running, Ultra Running

  Cross Training, Foot Injuries, Fueling, Hydration, Injury Prevention, Injury Recovery, Injury Rehabilitation, Intentional Training, Man Flow Yoga, Mobility, Plantar Fasciitis, Recovery, Strength Training, Training, Yoga