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What's Hot On The Forum
By on 14/12/2009 07:00:18
Going up… running in a winter wonderland, getting started. Going down… Cold bath confusion, catastrophic chafing. Updated 14/12/09
decided there had to be an easier way and started to run! Impish37 A work colleague asked if I fancied running a 10K - when I stopped laughing I pointed out that I couldn't run for five minutes never mind a 10K - then I began to wonder why not
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Lucozade Sport Super Six: Helen (sub-4:30)
By Runner's World on 19/12/2008 01:00:37
Follow the progress of Helen, our sub-4:30 hopeful, as she receives expert advice from mentor Nick Anderson
a pound left to lose. After my 10K PB, I found training really hard. Why can’t I push my body without it pushing back and making me ill? I have the adidas Flora London Half-Marathon on Sunday (March 15) and I want to go all out, but I don’t want
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Lucozade Sport Super Six: Andy (sub-4:00)
By on 17/12/2009 17:22:00
Follow the progress of Andy (aka AndyV) live in the forums as he prepares to run a sub-4:00 marathon under the guidance of mentor Steve Smythe
PB for 10K: 43:00 Half-Marathon: 1:42 Marathon n/a Strengths: Tenacity, inner strength - and a sense of humour. Weaknesses: Inexperience and not listening to my body enough. Did you know? I can be a right klutz. After five
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Burn, Baby, Burn
By Ed Eyestone on 01/06/2002 15:49:50
Learn to train at your lactate threshold, and you'll be on your way to faster racing
s somewhat inconvenient, here is an easy way to make a reasonably close guess: add 35-40 seconds per mile to your 5K race pace, or 15-25 seconds per mile to your 10K race pace.Then you need to train to raise your threshold. Try the following two training
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Heart Rate Training - The Basics
By Sean Fishpool on 05/06/2002 08:35:27
A short, foolproof guide to training by heart rate
-marathon race pace. Sample session: 1.5 miles at 60%, then 15-20 mins at exactly 85%, then 1.5 miles at 60%.85-90% Approx 5K-10K pace. Sample sessions: 6 x 800m peaking at 90% in each rep; 5 x 2000m peaking at 85% in each rep. 95% Peak heart rate at 400m rep
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Heart Beat: Finding Your Threshold Heart Rate
By Joe Dunbar on 05/06/2000 10:55:31
How to establish your ideal rate for threshold sessions
off 10K pace, but is certainly a little faster than marathon race pace. This gives you a reasonable-quality session, so much so that you would aim to use it only once or twice a week.However, getting the intensity right is vital. If you go too slow
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Q+A: How can I recover my speed after time off?
By George Gandy on 09/09/2000 10:02:10
Our experts answer real-life questions
with 200m recoveries), plus hard fartlek and threshold sessions each week, my speed just isnt returning. Im still more than a minute outside my 5K best and two minutes outside my 10K time, which I set two and seven years ago respectively. Am I being too
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Deus Ex Maniac
By Andy Blackford on 09/09/2003 10:38:36
Undergoing a Trans-formation can be a painful process
bush. Here I was spotted by Tim, ex- treasurer of the Totteridge Tossers, who spent the next three, excruciating miles telling me how he got lost during the Rhubarb Patch 10K in 1983. The sun was like a great, bronze gong, ringing in my ears. Tim
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Question Time
By Bruce Tulloh on 07/10/2003 14:52:48
Some questions never seem to go out of style - but then, nor do the answers
fit or feeling better about yourself. Write down specific goals, such as losing five pounds or entering a 10K, and chart a plan of progress towards it with short- and long-term targets. An reliable training partner is a good supplement to goal
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What Are You Like?
By Runner's World on 17/06/2004 10:51:32
You're not alone! Here's what over 125,000 typical runnersworld.co.uk members say about their running
... to get/stay in shape 10%to feel better about myself 35%to lose/maintain weight 27%to be competitive in races 17%to relieve stress 2%to train for another sport 9% MY RACING My favourite races are... 10K 36%Half-marathon 27%5K 15%Marathon 11%Cross
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