Brian Maher article in today's Farming Indo

aero2k

No really, he is a farmer and the article is well worth a read. (For all you city slickers the Farming indo is a free supplement in the Independent)

misty floyd

Cheers Aero Link

RacoonQueen

I would use one of my runs to see what sort of grass was on the farm to do up a grass wedge for the dairy discussion group I am involved in

haha! :pac:

He just proves that all this rest and recovery malarky many on here waffle about is rubbish.

shels4ever

RacoonQueen wrote: »

haha! :pac:

He just proves that all this rest and recovery malarky many on here waffle about is rubbish.

maybe if he did rest he would have won @ the weekend

aero2k

misty floyd wrote: »

Cheers Aero Link

Cheers Misty, I was in a mad rush when I posted earlier - just wanted to mention it before I forgot - and I was hoping some helpful person would find a link.

I've even more admiration for him now that I see he has his feet firmly in the muck on the ground.

dna_leri

RacoonQueen wrote: »

haha! :pac:

He just proves that all this rest and recovery malarky many on here waffle about is rubbish.

I think his comment about "running by feel" is even more important:

"My running had become very technical because some of my coaching was heart-rate based so I decided to go it alone and I went back to real basics, running around the fields at home."

Some good research out there now showing a teleoanticipatory (?sp) approach is more effective.

tunguska

He's hardcore alright. Puts in a serious days work on the farm and then heads off to knock out a few 400s.
Be great to see him go full time(athlete) for a while though. Id say he'd do a great marathon.
Thorton wouldnt last 2 weeks on Brian's training regime.

nerraw1111

A lot to be said for farming it would seem.

Reminds me of the legend that is sheep farmer Joss Naylor. Fell running legend in the UK. Still running in his 70s.

In 2006 (age 70) he ran 70 Lakeland fell tops, covering more than 50 miles and ascending more than 25,000 feet, in under 21 hours.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joss_Naylor

Daithi BC

misty floyd wrote: »

Cheers Aero Link

Good to see the Farming Independent being brought to a wider audience.

T runner

nerraw1111 wrote: »

A lot to be said for farming it would seem.

Reminds me of the legend that is sheep farmer Joss Naylor. Fell running legend in the UK. Still running in his 70s.

In 2006 (age 70) he ran 70 Lakeland fell tops, covering more than 50 miles and ascending more than 25,000 feet, in under 21 hours.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joss_Naylor

Our own mountain running legend John Lenihan was/is a farmer too. Kenny Suart who has a 2.11 marathon and holds the record for Snowdon an Ben Nevis was a gardening labourer in his prime years.

Just shows, if you have to have a full time job the manual one isnt always the worst option. He seems to be saying his work is also training and it took him a while to realise that his training and work should not be two mutually exclusive things.

dna_leri

Daithi BC wrote: »

Good to see the Farming Independent being brought to a wider audience.

or athletics being brought to the wider farming audience.;)

Gringo78

Michael Herlihy who ran 2:30 to win a very hot Cork marathon in 2009 is also a farmer. He only trains 3 days a week, does no strenght or core work as he says he gets all the work out he needs from the farming.

shg101

John Hayes, of Munster and Ireland, who is so naturally big and strong he is only allowed 20 min per week of strength work in the gym, is a farmer.

aero2k

shg101 wrote: »

John Hayes, of Munster and Ireland, who is so naturally big and strong he is only allowed 20 min per week of strength work in the gym, is a farmer.

I think he'd struggle over the Adidas 5 mile course, even with 146m knocked off!

aero2k

Daithi BC wrote: »

Good to see the Farming Independent being brought to a wider audience.

dna_leri wrote: »

or athletics being brought to the wider farming audience.;)

I usually don't read any daily paper, let alone the Farming Indo. I was having a cuppa in my ma's house and picked up her copy - I was trying to skip the farming part when it fell open on the centre pages and I thought "your man looks familiar". The funny thing is I bought the Indo for her and got the tabloid sized one as her preferred broadsheet one was sold out - I'd probably just have binned the supplement without opening it but the "small" paper has it stapled in the middle.

The running gods must be trying to tell me something - anyone ever try gait (gate??) analysis in wellies?