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TW Relay Team: James's Run Blog #1
By James Barnard on 08/06/2011 10:29:11
Triathletesworld.co.uk Multimedia Designer James Barnard is nicknamed 'PB' for a reason. But how many seconds can he slice off over 5K in Hyde Park?
(over the course of about 6 months) to knock my 5K PB time down from around 24 minutes to 19:56!Admittedly, this time is not official. It was measured during one particular Thursday in April, at a 5K handicap race against the people at the Virgin London
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Fix a Noisy Bike
By Matt Allyn on 14/05/2012 10:00:00
Silence a noisy bike, fast
You don’t have to endure your bike’s squeaks, clicks, rasps and groans. Former Garmin-Slipstream mechanic Daimeon Shanks offers tips for a quiet rideSpokes and valve stemTest: Check for loose spokes and valve stems. Otherwise, spokes may be rubbing
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My VLM 2010: Slimline Chips
By Slimline chips on 29/04/2010 11:15:29
Sometimes running doesn't need to be about PBs - in what other sport can you compete in the same race as Olympic Champions?
was amazing. I then met my wife, one-year-old daughter and sister which really spurred me on. I went through halfway in 2:33, 50 minutes slower than my PB. At Mile 18 I was overtaken by Mr Happy, Batman and Evel Knievel but knew I would complete it. I
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Nike+: First Look
By Runner's World on 13/07/2006 07:58:50
Nike - along with Apple - have just put on a sprint in the race to make the sexiest running gadget yet. It's a speed and distance monitor within the world's favourite MP3 player
. (It’s on sale from July 13.) Here are our first impressions: we’ll write a more in-depth feature and a head-to-head test next week:How it worksYou’ll need an iPod Nano and iTunes software on a PC or a Mac first of all. (The Nano starts at £99 for a 240
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Beat Your Health Fears
By Bob Cooper on 22/11/2011 10:00:00
Knock down your injury fears and keep running whatever the terrain or temperature
mobile phone with you and consider upgrading your gadgetry to include GPS and OS mapping capability. The Garmin Dakota 20 (£289.99, garmin.co.uk) is small and lightweight enough to carry easily in a backpack. As for injury, twisting an ankle
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ASICS Target 26.2: The Marathon Journey Begins
By on 27/12/2011 11:07:09
Meet our fantastic five spring marathon contenders and find out how to smash your marathon target this spring
harder sessions that Steve has planned – and I am hoping to post lots of stats on my thread.”Coach Steve Smythe says: “Well done to Colin on the third place – which might have been a sub-19:00 but he got bad directions from a marshal. The speed
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Reading Between The Lines
By Lady Lucan on 31/03/2004 16:47:04
"By mile 11 I was incapable of talking and unable to remember how far we had run..." Forumite Lady Lucan's low-down on the Reading Half
welcome. We ran on into the Madejski Stadium where I had been expecting we would run one lap but, oh my God, there was the finish line. Sprint! Sprint! Sprint! I stopped my watch on 1:56:18. A pb for both of us. We were totally elated. Unfortunately
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RW Pod-based Speed-and-Distance Monitors Test
By Runner's World on 09/11/2005 15:27:35
RW tests speed-and-distance monitors from Polar, NIke, and Suunto
watches on test is its heart rate monitoring functions. There's just the one hear-rate zone compared with the Polar's five, and there are no features like Polar's OwnIndex V02 test.Contact www.nike.com; 0870 700 0988Suunto T6 - £310 (£250 without the foot
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Forum Spotlight: The London 07 Dilemma
By Jane Hoskyn on 26/09/2006 14:53:02
To FLM or not to FLM? That is the question on the forum...
an entry form in, you have effectively entered the lottery. There are roughly 20,000 places available for the general public after taking into account GFA [good for age], charity and club places. In most years about 100,000 entries are received, so chances
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Virgin London Marathon: You're Not In
By on 29/09/2011 16:13:45
If you didn't snap up a Virgin London Marathon place in the ballot, don't be too disheartened
(find out how below), but there are also plenty of 26.2-mile alternatives taking place both in the UK and overseas over the next 12 months. We're here to help you run a magnificent marathon, whatever your age, ability or ambitions.It could be still
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