Sonia O’Sullivan achieved a 5K personal best eight months after having her second baby. Norwegian marathon runner Ingrid Kristiansen was out there winning races just four months after giving birth. In fact, last year’s World Championships was awash
strides and keep your eyes a couple of metres ahead to spot protruding roots and rocks.Think Positive: "Stadiums are for spectators. We runners have nature and that is much better" Juha Vaatainen, European champion over 5K and 10KThe Fear: Fading with Age
"."When I am running well, pain is just another feeling, as in: am I hot or cold? Is it quiet or loud in this room?" says Justin Freeman, a 14:52 5K runner and former Olympian in cross-country skiing. "Pain becomes an indicator of whether I have the fitness
college distance runners covering 5K in a 32.2oC heat chamber with and without ice vests to cool their core before their efforts. The "precooled" runners finished 13 seconds faster, which is more than the gap that will separate many gold
to hydrogen ion build up, potassium build up on the outside of your cells, muscle damage as well as hypoglycaemia. Hydrogen ion and potassium accumulation usually occur during fast-paced 5K and 10K races.What's the cure? Speed up Crazy, maybe. But there is a
the burn in my throat tricked my mind into thinking I'd just nipped into the garden for a quick fag. – orbital sanderPursue a PB for an added incentiveI went for six months without then had a couple the night before a 5K race. I added a minute and a half
the finish line. This was the same with childbirth, only this time I had won the race and received the most magical trophy for all my efforts.Back To Normal?Its truly amazing how quickly your body recovers from this nine-month trauma. I ran my first 5K
specialist partner at international accounting firm DeloitteIn 2005 someone signed me up for a 5K race as a joke because I was the fat boy of the office. I decided to rise to the challenge, did some sneaky training and actually felt great on the day. I
