UAN: 173 Article type:-->What’s the most important session of the week? If you’re a marathoner, it’s your long run. For anyone looking to improve at any lesser distance, though, it’s the speed session that yields the greatest results – and even

Sometimes there just aren't enough hours in the day. That's why we've published these handy 60-Second guides, bite-sized articles about some of our most popular topics. Crammed with short, sharp advice, they’re a great introductory resource

on a soft surface, such as grass, if you can(Plus: be consistent. Five or six weeks of modest weekly speed sessions will make a noticeable difference. Two weeks of macho nonsense and a month off won't.)Still pushed for time? Five key articles to print

.”Andy Blackford is the warped genius behind the last page of Runner's World magazine each month. He's written over 60 columns for Runner's World, and we're going to be uploading a fresh one every week.Check the 'related articles' list below - just don't blame us

UAN: 158 Article type:-->A threshold is the point at which something changes. Anyone who has been carried (or has carried someone) across a threshold would agree that life changes dramatically thereafter. (For the better, of course!)As a runner

UAN: 172 Article type:-->An entertaining way to train at a variable pace is to run a pyramid session, so called because the distances go up to a peak and then come back down. Try the following, doing all the reps from left to right to make a single

well her new designer lycra shorts fit her bum?Of course, we all have different reasons for running, but many of us have more in common than you might think. We've looked at the evidence and come up with four general categories of runner, characterised

since and am really enjoying it. In the magazine, I’ve seen quite a few articles mention "race pace" - 5K pace, marathon pace, mile pace etc. What is this? How fast is it? How do you measure it? During my regular runs I tend to be out for around 40

of 2005, when she read an article in Runner’s World about ultra-running, and decided to give it a try.“I followed the RW training programme exactly,” she says. Six months later, she successfully completed the Compton Downland Challenge, a 40-mile race

Oxygen Power: Performance Tables For Distance Runners in 1979. According to Daniels, who's rarely off by more than a smidgen or two, a VO2 max of 83 roughly suggests a 2:06 marathon....ContinuesRW magazine subscribers can see the article in full here