. Scientists always knew that runners with a high VO2max tended to produce the fastest running times. More recent research has elevated lactate threshold to a position of equal importance.Frank Shorter, the 1972 Olympic marathon champion, and Derek Clayton
When Nike brought Paula Radcliffe, Paul Tergat and Sebastian Coe to the Flora London Marathon Exhibition, they exclusively invited runnersworld.co.uk members to add their own questions to the official line-up. Here's what they had to say
end. Before you glance at your wrist, see if you can guess your time to within five seconds. Jog easily for four minutes to recover, and then run half a mile at close to your best pace, guessing your time once again. Ease up for another two minutes
, the most important factor is comfort. Remember, after the bike you have to run a marathon.Plan Ahead An ad hoc approach to training might work for sprint triathlons but could be your undoing when you're training for an Ironman. "Be ruthlessly efficient
Twenty-two-and-a-half minutes is an impressive amount of time to spend warming up before a bout of physical activity, so hats off to the British as, according to a recent survey, that’s how long we spend preparing for action. You're probably
forum. One morning another forumite suggested we do an Ironman. Not really knowing what it was, I signed up. Then, when I discovered I would have to swim 3.8km, bike 180km and run a full marathon, the enormity of what I had agreed to do hit me. My
try for a quicker time or you can try and increase your distance. Personally I would go for the distance. You could think about entering a 10K race and then working towards a half marathon but again it depends on where you want to go with this running
For one brief moment, probably while endorphins were still pumping through your body after a good run, you flirted with the idea of doing a marathon. Then the endorphins disappeared and the reality of training for four months and trying to squeeze
," explains marathon world record holder Paula Radcliffe. You simply can't run your best without a strong core: the muscles in your abdominals, lower back and glutes. They provide the stability, power and endurance that runners need for powering up hills
had finished the first half of the journey and I could see the South Island with snow-capped mountains and the Cook Straight stretching out in front of me that I was due to do the kayak the next day. I had that all coming; it was quite emotional really
