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Fast Lane: Extend Your Peak
By Ed Eyestone on 27/02/2008 08:10:29
Reload and reduce to keep racing successfully for months
will be replenished. Then hone that work by reducing total volume to boost muscle glycogen levels and immune function. But keep the intensity high in a few key sessions to recruit fast-twitch muscle fibres and to stay sharp physically and mentally. With this mix, you
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Fast Lane: Improve Your Muscles
By Ed Eyestone on 28/02/2008 17:50:02
Train yourself to run with more muscle
Runners usually talk about muscles in terms of quads, glutes and hamstrings. Exercise physiologists, on the other hand, talk about muscles in terms of fast-twitch and slow-twitch fibres - which is one of the reasons why physiologists aren't invited
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Fast Lane: Beat The Mileage Trap
By Ed Eyestone on 28/02/2008 09:41:28
Follow these rules to beat the mileage trap and achieve your running goals
will become proficient at running long, slow miles. My ultramarathoner friends often go on four- and five-hour slow runs, which prepare them for 50-mile-plus races but do little for their ability to smoke a fast 5K.Rule #5 Let your body adapt to increased
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Fast Lane: Double Your Endurance
By Ed Eyestone on 25/02/2008 17:13:51
Improve your VO2 max and run better and faster than ever
sessions every two to four weeks. Generally, these workouts are done at 3,000m pace (eight to 12 seconds per mile faster than 5K race pace). The pace is fast, so don't make these your first repeats of the season. Classic Six to eight lots of three minutes
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Fast Lane: PB-Ready In One Week
By Ed Eyestone on 25/02/2008 09:46:14
Your seven-day training plan for toeing the line on short notice
Sunday. Do what feels right.Saturday: 30-minute run followed by 4 x 100m strides After running easy for 30 minutes, do four 100m strides at your projected 5K race pace to simulate a strong finishing kick. The speed will wake up your fast-twitch muscle
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Running Rules Revisited (Preview)
By Bob Cooper on 28/09/2009 09:45:08
Some coaches, scientists and other experts are challenging conventional thinking. Could their uncommon wisdom work for you? (non-subscriber preview)
that by how fast she ran those two 800s. On three occasions she ran both in 2:04, only eight seconds off the national record. "When I ran that workout well, I knew I was ready to race," says Favor-Hamilton, "where it always came down to holding a
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Running Rules Revisited
By Bob Cooper on 25/09/2009 17:21:50
Some coaches, scientists and other experts are challenging conventional thinking. Could their uncommon wisdom work for you?
that by how fast she ran those two 800s. On three occasions she ran both in 2:04, only eight seconds off the national record. "When I ran that workout well, I knew I was ready to race," says Favor-Hamilton, "where it always came down to holding a
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One Dog And His Man
By Andy Blackford on 09/09/2003 10:50:33
Realising that your canine running partner is more famous than you can be something of a blow
emptied his bladder at strategically important sites. Nor was I dragged across the fast lane of the A1 in pursuit of a one-eared ginger tom. I was spared a 30-minute battle of wills in the woods for possession of the decomposing corpse of a squirrel
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RW's BIG Q+A Index
By Runner's World on 28/10/2007 00:00:00
Your questions - our experts
retch during races?How should I prepare for my first 5K?Why is the last mile of a 5K always so hard? I don't think I set off too fast. --Are some people simply better suited to ‘short’ distances?How can I calm my pre-race nerves?How can I overcome
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Lucozade Sport Super Six: Helen (sub-4:30)
By Runner's World on 19/12/2008 01:00:37
Follow the progress of Helen, our sub-4:30 hopeful, as she receives expert advice from mentor Nick Anderson
:08:28 Strengths: An obsession with training plans, statistics and following instructions. Weaknesses: Making my legs go as fast as I want them too. And chocolate. Most looking forward to: Everything!I'm particularly
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