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New Year, New You: Setting Goals
By Alice Palmer on 01/01/2010 16:00:57
If you find yourself picking - and then failing to achieve - the same goals year after year, it's time to master the art of effective goal-setting
to finishTechnical process goal: not taking any walking breaksPerformance goal: finishing in a certain timeVary Your TrainingEveryone has sessions they dislike more than others - hill repeats, long runs in marathon training, speedwork. But these dreaded
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Reader to Reader: Running Outside v. The Treadmill
By Catherine Lee on 06/08/2007 09:31:09
What's the best way to get used to running on the roads after clocking up all your miles on a treadmill? Here are your suggestions
'm convinced that treadmill running is harder. Over the past year, I've ended up having to do a lot of my speedwork sessions in the gym on a treadmill, simply because I'm doing them in my lunch hour and there are no usable roads nearby. My times are now
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Your First 5K
By Kristen Wolfe Bieler on 01/05/2008 12:07:50
Get ready to toe the line for a 5K in just five weeks
weekly runs, you should focus on increasing the amount you can run at one time until you build to at least the race distance, or the equivalent amount of time spent running."I encourage runners, particularly beginners, to focus on time and effort, rather
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Reader to Reader: Running at different paces
By Catherine Lee on 14/08/2007 09:01:58
How important is it to run at different paces? Here's what you thought
) too early is a recipe for injury. Keep those copies of RW aside with the speedwork articles bookmarked. If you're still running injury-free in another six to 12 months' time, get them out and read them again. – VelociraptorTry setting distance (rather
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Runner's World SmartCoach
By Runner's World on 24/09/2007 10:15:33
Our free interactive training tool provides a schedule that's individualised for your ability and goals
the risk of fatigue and injury. Just Started Running?If you have just started running, or don't feel that you are running enough to use these programs, go to our BIG Beginners' Index. Full of articles it's for all of you who are just starting out. From can
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Words Of Whizz-Dom
By Beth Eck, Alisa Bauman and Mark Remy on 04/08/2002 13:22:59
The RW staff around the world have learned a few things about running over the years. Here's a sample of their hard-won wisdom
."William Wall, 68. Years running: 13Hit the speed limit "If you want to get faster, you have to train for it, and that means doing speedwork. It sounds obvious, but I always thought I could improve by going a little faster on my daily training runs. I improved
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Half-Marathon Essential Q&As
By Nick Anderson on 06/08/2007 14:52:39
Everything you need to know about tackling a half-marathon, whatever your ability or ambitions
most frequently-asked questions to GB International coach Nick Anderson. Here's what he had to say...Beginners' TrainingCan I run/walk a half-marathon? Definitely. Practice run-walking three or four times a week in training and the walks will become
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RW Complete Guide to Heart Rate Training
By Rob Spedding on 23/08/2006 15:50:22
Learn to train with your heart rate, and it won't just be your pulse that races faster
I'd been running at before."For beginners, Maffetone's method - see "Build It Slowly", below, for his formula - helps provide an excellent introduction to running. For experienced runners, used to speedwork and tempo runs, heart-rate base training
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10 Steps to 5K Success
By Nick Morgan on 02/07/2007 13:58:16
10 can't-fail ways to master 5K
The 5K is a perfect distance for the beginner looking to run their first race. But, given that it's halfway between middle and long distance, it's also a notoriously difficult distance for the experienced runner to master. Whichever camp you fall
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Running Made Simple: Training
By Mark Remy on 18/05/2005 11:50:49
How to keep your running a refuge from life's complexity... and maybe even run better in the process.
: Training, Nutrition, Racing and Speedwork, Gear, GymPlus: Ten Things You Don't Have To Worry About
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