Dr Matt Long

Always take the weather with you

Matt Long looks at some recent research exploring optimum environmental conditions for racing.  You don’t need to be a ‘fast runner’...

All things come to he who waits

Matt Long examines the long term Athletics development of Jakob Ingebrigsten 16th August 2022. Munich. The clock ticks past 12m26s as...

Hail Mary!

Commonwealth Games 800m Champion Mary Moraa finds a way to win with Matt Long & Hayley Hemmings Saturday 6th August, 2022....

What’s in a name?

Matt Long uses some clever word play to break down the training of Commonwealth Games Champion Eilish McColgan.  As the bell...

Team England middle distance preview

Team England Representation In The Birmingham 2022 Middle Distance Events Is Unpicked By Matt Long. For the full daily schedule including...

Commonwealth Games: Team England preview

In the first of a two-part preview Matt Long introduces the Team England endurance team for the 2022 Commonwealth Games. He...

Blurred by parklife

Matt Long encourages you to diversify your use of parkrun It’s become a Saturday morning British institution and long may it...

RAMP it up

Jamie French and Matt Long warm things up a little As runners we tend to naturally gravitate towards talking about what...

Potteries craftsmen

Matt Long paid a visit to Keven Hendricken of Stoke AC and unpicked a coaching philosophy which is turning heads in...

Poles Apart

Matt Long unpicks the ongoing debate around training polarisation  Polarised training is where an athlete spends a high proportion (very roughly...