Category High Performance

A simple training plan for the half and full marathon, drawn from experience of around 25 marathons.

How perception creates psychological barriers in sport, like the sub-40-minute 10km, and new ways to review your training.

Testing core strength on the Wicklow Way trail in April 2008, ten months after surgery.

How athletes learn: the mental, practice and automatic stages of learning, and the coaching approach each one needs.

How to train for a sub-40-minute 10km: the principle of following a quality programme, with a training plan.

Elite runners make it look easy. What separates them from everyday runners, and what we can learn from them.

Why mental preparation matters as much as physical training: staying calm, focused and in the moment during a race.

Race report from Ironman UK 2006, after a poor preparation and a back injury awaiting surgery.

Back from Athens 2004: Sébastien's first Olympic Games as an official coach, with the Congo national athletics team from 100m to 1500m.