Dr Matt Long

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...

10 principles for training at altitude

Matt Long offers 10 guiding principles for those of you heading to altitude this Spring. A recent England Athletics Marathon camp...

Coming back after COVID

Matt Long discusses some of the current thinking around returning to running post COVID-19 infection For a coach rather than a...

Be specific with paces

In the final piece in our series, James Thie talks specifically to Matt Long about starting the marathon journey with 2h11m...

Variety is the spice of life

Olympian and former World Record Holder Aly Dixon tells Matt Long about variational and fractional running. You will recall the first...

Building Special blocks

Coach Phil Kissi builds blocks of understanding through his work with Tokyo Olympian Steph Davis and England international Rose Harvey as...