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Easy Does It
By Hal Higdon on 04/11/2002 12:55:15
Running isn't meant to be completely effortless, but sometimes you do get the feeling that it could be a bit less like hard work. Here are 35 tried and tested ways to make things a little easier
A friend told me recently, “I don’t care about getting faster. I just want running to be a little easier for me.” I’ve known this person for years, and running has always been a chore for him. Not painful, just difficult.What’s more, the last thing
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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
Listen to your legs not your watchI started off running on a treadmill and, like you, had a big shock when I started running outdoors. Having said that, once I got used to running outside I've really never looked back. It’s easier in lots of ways to ignore
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The Total Beginner's Quick Guide To Running
By Beth Eck, Alisa Bauman and Mark Remy on 04/05/2002 12:39:33
Everything you need to know to get you moving
At some point early on, a beginner learns that 99.9 per cent of runners are pleasant, helpful people.This realisation usually dawns when a beginner meets a veteran at a race or on a training run, and theveteran starts sharing his or her enthusiasm
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Q+A: How can I change? I'm 40 and a physical wreck
By Bud Baldaro on 09/09/2002 17:45:51
Our experts answer real-life questions
partners. Almost every club caters for beginners, and you’ll find that running with other people is always easier than running alone.—Bud Baldaro, coach and RW Contributing Editor
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Best of the forum: Beginners
By Runner's World on 25/09/2003 18:46:04
Highlights and frequently asked questions from our Beginners forum
?Food before runningHigh energy drinks and losing weight…I want to have energy, but to lose weight too…Should I eat after a run?What will fill me up? RACING FOR BEGINNERS10K - how to train for one?5K to 10K - the 10K schedules look complex…First race - will I
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Becoming A Runner
By Dominique Brady on 17/01/2011 17:35:23
Running is healthy, cheap and surprisingly fun - but how to get started? Five beginners tell us how they took the plunge.
do you need to train a week to see improvement? Our panel of five beginners reveal how they took their first tentative steps - and how to pick up the pace.Getting StartedIf you're already quite active you could head out for a slowish run straight away
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Pearls Of Wisdom
By Rob Spedding on 23/09/2004 18:25:00
20 experienced runners, 20 things they wished they'd known before they started...
rather than saving it. Don’t expect everything to happen overnight. No achievement worth celebrating comes quickly and without a great deal of sustained effort. Sean Fishpool Years Running 8Friends make running easierFor anyone with an unpredictable work
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60-Second Guide: Trail Running
By Alice Palmer on 15/10/2009 09:37:54
For stunning scenery, near-perfect running surfaces and liberation from the urban rat race, take to the trails
Getty Images Off-road running might summon up dark memories of being sent round the school field in the cold. But there’s much more to going off-road. Springing along a forest trail is easier on your body than Tarmac, and the world beyond road
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Victory Stories
By Runner's World on 20/05/2004 15:24:03
Find out how our brave beginners got on at Flora London Marathon
looking forward to their next challenge.”And a big thankyou to Girls Run Too for supplying our marathon beginners with their kit!
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RW's 60-Second Guides: Beginners' Running
By Runner's World on 17/08/2005 11:16:01
If now is never soon enough for you, you need our 60-second guides. Shallow but helpful, with five articles to print and read...
minute to find out the beginner’s basics. You’ll go faster, further and happier, we promise.Starting at the ground, possibly the only thing you really need in order to run is a pair of decent running shoes. They vary as much as prescription spectacles do
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