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Running Psychology: Improve Your Performance
By Runner's World on 02/11/2009 08:32:55
How do you manage your emotions while running? Take out the guesswork by participating in this new research project
feedback from one of the UK's top running research experts, Professor Andy Lane. What is EROS?EROS is a research project that is studying aspects of emotion regulation of others and self (EROS). The project is a collaboration between researchers from a
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Runner's World PB Awards 2008 - The Winners
By Runner's World on 23/04/2008 15:54:44
Chosen by you and rewarded by us - we celebrate the products and services that help make running great (including UK's Best Running Club Award)
in just a few key categories, the winners of which are the result of widespread feedback from the Runner's World community. New for 2008, is the UK's Best Running Club Award, which undoubtedly presented our panel with the most difficult decision. All
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Fast tweaks: Four ways to shake up your schedule
By Dave Kuehls & Ruth Emmett on 21/08/2009 08:28:10
Elites get stronger by mixing up proven training principles. Why shouldn't you?
to improvements in general running efficiency and competitive ability." Gradual acceleration and deceleration will help to avoid injury. Your move After a training run, try 4 x 60m split into three 20m sections. Accelerate for 20m, cruise fast for 20m
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Beating Exercise Fatigue
By Matt Fitzgerald on 06/03/2007 18:50:48
You know that heavy feeling in your legs that makes you slow down? It starts in your head. Here's how to teach your mind to let you run longer and stronger
for the final surge?Are We Finished Yet?As more research challenged the catastrophe theory of fatigue, an alternative emerged, suggesting that fatigue is a protective mechanism that the brain uses to prevent a catastrophic breakdown. Feedback signals from
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Reader To Reader: Building Stamina
By Jane Hoskyn on 29/12/2006 15:21:36
How should a newbie runner build up his stamina? Here's what you thought
might expect. Heart rate monitors are really good for base training and will give you instant visual feedback on whether you're training at the most useful level or not... which is often amazingly slow. – Dave CochraneSet a targetEnter a race. You know
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RW Complete Guide to Heart Rate Training (Preview)
By Rob Spedding on 23/08/2006 15:50:22
Learn to train with your heart rate, and it won't just be your pulse that races faster (non-subscriber preview)
months of a training year. Gardener was intrigued enough by this idea, and especially the positive feedback the technique was receiving from other runners, to give it a try."My target base-training heart rate seemed to be around 125bpm," she says. "So I
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Plyometric Power
By David Morton on 29/09/2010 12:45:10
Running is a series of actions. If you could prime each one with an explosion of energy, you’d become faster. Plyometrics is your gunpowder, so pack your muscles with fire power and leave your old PBs for dead
Plyometrics n. A type of exercise training designed to produce fast, powerful movements and improve the functions of the nervous system, generally for the purpose of improving athletic performance. Or, if you like, the more explosively you can move
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Dare to Bare: The Truth about Barefoot Running
By Sam Murphy on 05/03/2012 10:00:00
We investigate whether the key to better running is really what you wear – or don’t wear – on your feet
,” says Lee Saxby. “A cushioned running shoe damps down your awareness and takes away valuable feedback.” This idea of being closer to and more ‘in touch’ with the ground is one of the biggest selling points of minimalist footwear. But not all minimalist
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Game On: ASICS Target 26.2 Team Progress Check
By on 27/02/2012 10:05:07
Five runners, two coaches and six ASICS PRO Team experts – have been busy building the foundations for marathon success. Read on to steal their secrets…
– there’s feedback and it’s focused.” That structure has resulted in increased confidence. “It’s gone from ‘I’ll give this a go’ to ‘I want to run a marathon and give it my best shot’”, he says.Coach Sam says, “Everything we’ve done he’s found so new
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Hard Training Q&As: Marathoning
By Runner's World on 23/06/2004 17:25:10
From the forum: former London Marathon winner Mike Gratton on dedicated training
Hard Training Q&AsTRAINING GENERAL• Do I need to take an "easy week" when my average mileage isn’t that high? • Should you try and break through ‘the wall’ in training? • Is it just the cold weather, or am I getting fitter? • How do I overcome
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