. 4. Choose your running surface carefullyMost runners clock their miles on the open roads. Roads arent the worst places to run, but try to run on the Tarmac no more than three times a week. Certainly steer clear of concrete pavements, which
to their normal lengths. Then when you start to exercise, your muscles stretch even more to about 10 per cent longer than their resting lengths. This means you have a 20 per cent change in muscle length from the time you get out of bed until your muscles are well
and youll hate running. Also, make sure you eat 200-300 calories about an hour before your run, so youll have fuel in the tank.But dont pig out Some new runners take the opposite approach by eating too much before their work-outs; this is particularly
Ron Hill doesn't have to think about running today. It's a given; he's going to do it. After 38 years of running every day without a break (which through to the beginning of December 2002 amounted to 13,880 consecutive days) he's not about
into training. The only main thing that I have pencilled in is the World Championships 10,000m in Paris. I want to race more on the track this summer than I did last summer, but it just depends on how I recover and get back into shape. I dont think Ill run
