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Super Swim Training Aids
By on 18/11/2009 15:47:50
You don't need much equipment for a basic swim session, but you can seriously improve your time and your technique with a few pieces of very specific kit
session. Just make sure to put the pull buoy aside after a while and experience how it feels to swim without it. If you experience leg cramp using a pull buoy, you're probably gripping too firmly with your thighs. Relax: the pull buoy is designed to sit
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Drill Bits: Essential Swimming Kit
By Nicola Joyce on 04/06/2010 08:17:53
You don’t need much equipment for a basic swim session, but you can seriously improve your time and your technique with a few pieces of very specific kit
in your main session. Just make sure to put the pull buoy aside after a while and experience how it feels to swim without it. If you experience leg cramp using a pull buoy, you're probably gripping too firmly with your thighs. Relax: the pull buoy
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Put Down the Pre-race Pasta
By on 18/11/2009 11:45:26
Most triathletes turn to carbs for their pre-race meal. But should they?
protein (lean meat, fish, eggs and poultry). “Just be sure to skew your pre-workout meals or snacks to be heavier in carbs and lower in fat and protein to fuel up properly and avoid cramps,” she says.
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Heroes Of Running 2009
By on 24/04/2009 11:13:48
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District 30K Mountain Trial was starting near his father's farm at Wasdale Head. On impulse, he entered in his hob-nailed workboots, and even led for most of the way, until he was struck down by cramp. But he knew what he was capable of. Naylor went
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40 Best Injury and Health Tips - From The Forum
By Runner's World on 14/06/2005 12:41:16
Last time we checked there were over 8500 threads in the Health + Injury folder, with over 388354 forum posts. Here are some of the highlights
for relieving (night) cramps. I've tried them before long runs, and the combination of socks and tablet seems to help. See full threadOsteoarthritisKeep on movingVelociraptor - Running shouldn't make osteoarthritis worse, although osteoarthritis can sometimes
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Ask The Experts: Marathon Nutrition with ASICS PRO Team expert Ruth McKean
By on 14/02/2011 13:27:05
Catch the highlights from Friday's lunchtime debate, when ASICS PRO Team member and ASICS Super Six dietician Ruth McKean, answered your nutrition questions live in the forums.
to refuel on the run. I have tried and given up on gels and bars as they give me terrible stomach cramps. In fact, I have even given up on bananas - I just don't seem to be able to take any food on board. I run marathons and train on water alone and I
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My 2005 London Marathon
By Runner's World on 19/04/2005 23:04:38
How was it for you? - Quotes and pictures from London 05
forward to). A big thank you to everyone.Pain on the balls of my feet and a couple of small cramps made the last three miles uncomfortable, but I was determined not to stop.Crossing the finishing line gave me a great sense of achievement; and my first
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My 2005 London Marathon
By Runner's World on 23/04/2005 19:20:38
How was it for you? - Quotes and pictures from London 05
without too much bother! Okay, so I was really tired, but I didn't seem to hit the wall, which I had been dreading, and I didn't need to stop for blisters or cramp or anything else, which seemed to be afflicting numerous people around the route.It took me
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My 2005 London Marathon
By Runner's World on 23/04/2005 19:20:38
How was it for you? - Quotes and pictures from London 05
to look for, but not see me amongst the relentless wave of bodies.Disaster strikes - cramp sets in like a plague of lobsters down the back of both legs; a massage would do it, but I wait five minutes only to be stood up for another victim - and limp on
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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
I went for a 13-mile run today but possibly pushed myself too hard and got a new PB of 1.33:28. I've since eaten, stretched and hydrated, but I feel absolutely awful. I'm tired, have cold shivers, stomach cramps and diahorrea, I'm dizzy and nauseous
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