, and most runners still don’t do it right.”There are many questions about the long run, including the big four: Why? How? How fast? And how often? We’ll answer those, and take a look at related issues such as eating and drinking, rest and recovery and fat

It might sound too good to be true, but this simple training technique can increase your endurance and calorie-burning, decrease injuries and help you to run faster.Going For Goals 10 first-time running goals - and how to achieve them.The Total Beginner

new book: The Complete Book of Triathlon Training (Meyer & Meyer Sport, £19.95). He recently answered questions in an live web chat. Read the forum thread here. We've collected together the questions and answers below.Q: What do you think is the main

sessions were useful for ultra endurance. Obviously you don't run ultras anywhere near threshold, but raising the threshold means you are operating further from it. So even if you work at the same heart rate, you're working at a lower percentage of it

GETTY IMAGESRid yourself of any old-fashioned ideas you might have about carbohydrate-loading. There’s more to high-carb regimes than endless bowls of pasta, and done effectively, carb-loading is one of the best ways to get ready for endurance

endurance rather than speed training – so swap time on the track for long runs and hikes on similar terrain to your race.You'll be running longer, so your body will need more time to recover. Without enough rest days, those crucial long runs will tire you

UAN:249 Article type:RW+--You may know how to run, but what about the cocktail of spaghetti and sports drinks that puts the tiger in your tank? Here are some of the most frequently-asked questions about food – and how to use it to improve your

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and then turn purple after 10 minutes, but I've just learned to pace myself somehow. Running with my friend helps. I push the pace and she pushes the endurance, so we're a good team. We're trying for three runs a week now: one fartlek/pace run, one strength run

). It can lead to the biggest improvements in your speed endurance and causes a knock-on effect at all distances from 5K to marathon. Use the session to hit a range of paces - for example, in a session of mile reps, run some parts nearer to marathon or half