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RW Pocket Race Guide - August
By Alison Hamlett on 28/07/2008 11:06:58
Featuring... Great Yarmouth Half-Marathon, London Pride Run 10K, Burnham Beeches Half-Marathon, Fleetwood Half-Marathon, Grimsthorpe Castle 10K, The Beast
) Pretty scenery, mouth-watering refreshments and a pocket-friendly price tag make for a satisfing jaunt through the rolling pastures of The Blackmore Vale.Idle 10K (West Yorkshire, August 3) Stretch your legs over the towpaths, bridleways and footpaths
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Top 10 South African Races
By Alison Hamlett on 17/10/2008 11:28:08
Featuring... Old Mutual Om Die Dam 50K, Two Oceans Marathon 56K, Loskop Marathon 50K, Joburg City Marathon, Comrades Marathon 89K, Spar/Mercury Women's 10K, Knysna Forest Marathon, Foot Of Africa Marathon, Soweto Marathon, Winelands Marath
website: www.loskop-marathon.co.zaJoburg City Marathon & 10K (May)2009 Date: July 25 Johannesburg is known to the locals as Egoli, the City of Gold, thanks to the lucrative gold-mining industry that started in the 1800s and continues today. This single
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Top 10 Spanish Races
By Alison Hamlett on 13/10/2008 17:42:39
Featuring... Vila de Santa Pola Half, Granollers Half, Barcelona Marathon, Cursa Bombers 10K, Madrid Marathon, Medio Maraton de Madrid, Madrid Women's 5K, Behobia-San Sebastian, Seville to Los Palacios Half, San Silvestre Vallecana
Triomf and Barcelona FC’s Camp Nou as well as colourful skyscraper Torre Agbar. Race website: www.barcelonamarato.es Cursa Bombers 10K (April)2009 Date: tbcHeld in the Catalan capital Barcelona every spring, this long-standing 10K literally translates
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Be The Best
By Alison Hamlett on 22/06/2004 17:07:46
A preview for non-subscribers: 2 of our 9 best-ever ways to be a winner every time you race by beating yourself and setting a new PB
to keep you focused on the long-term goal. Try the Blackpool Beach 10K on July 11 – it’s run entirely on sand and will really test your speed endurance. And when you return to the roads, there should be a new spring in your step.Improve Your Lactate
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Alison's Marathon des Sables blog: Stage 2
By Alison Hamlett on 05/04/2011 10:21:11
In her second missive direct from the desert, Alison updates us on running through sandstorms - and learning the French for 'blister'.
about the day to come.Sure enough, the high winds blew all day, making the dunes and hard-packed riverbeds we crossed seem bleak and hostile. I was thankful for the checkpoints, which we came to every 10K or so; we could collect fresh water and sit
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Top 10 Swedish Races
By Alison Hamlett on 17/10/2008 11:25:03
Featuring... Gothenburg Half, Stockholm Marathon, St Olavsloppet, Ecco Ostersund Marathon, Midnattsloppet, Fjallmaran, Tjejmilen, Stockholm Half, Lidingoloppet, Winter Marathon
.ostersundmarathon.seMidnattsloppet (August)2009 Date: tbcThe motto of this race – Samba, Heat, Festival – gives you a taste of what to expect as 20,000 runners take to the streets of Stockholm every August for this sultry 10K. The race begins at 10pm, when the Swedish summer’s day becomes
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Top 10 Dutch Races
By Alison Hamlett on 15/10/2008 10:00:23
Featuring... Egmond Half, City-Pier-City Run, RW Zandvoort Circuit Run, Rotterdam Marathon, Enschede Marathon, Marikenloop, Dam tot Damloop, Amsterdam Marathon, Eindhoven Marathon, Zevenheuvelenloop
(March)2009 Date: March 14The Hague’s biggest sporting event celebrates its 35th anniversary in 2009. The series of races on offer – including a popular half-marathon, 10K and children’s race – are a great way to explore this culturally dynamic city
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Be The Best
By Alison Hamlett on 22/06/2004 15:56:45
It's unlikely you'll win every race you enter but you can be a winner every time you race by beating yourself and setting a new PB. Here are nine tips
– which should be fairly easy if you don’t currently focus on this kind of training – will produce a nine-minute improvement on a 3:30 marathon time.You can use two special sessions to increase your LTP: run 10-minute intervals at your current 10K pace (do
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Performance Provisions
By Alison Hamlett on 03/07/2009 10:12:20
The best training foods can be the simplest
-trial performances of cyclists and significantly increased their power output. Try it Eat honey five minutes before a run for a steady supply of energy, or during races longer than 10K for a performance-boosting carb hit. Bananas This popular fruit will keep you
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Vets In Practice
By Alison Hamlett on 07/02/2006 14:51:39
The passage of time need not slow you down. These three veterans are more golden than olden
of improvement we all have from the time we take up the sport. His upward curve was emphasised last year when he decided to run a 10K at short notice and knocked a minute off his PB, running 32:37. He is already one of the world’s fastest 1500m runners for his
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