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RW's Ultimate Marathon: Monthly Theme
By Runner's World on 07/05/2000 18:44:03
The focus of weeks 5-8 of your 15-week schedule
and already seeing just how fast your fitness is improving thanks to regular, structured training. The chances are youve settled into your various training paces and are getting used to the demands of increasing mileage.But if all isnt well, dont worry! It
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Beyond the Track: Four Tricks to Run Fast
By Adam Bean on 01/09/2011 11:43:16
Get all the physical benefits of running fast – without ever having to set foot on a track
Speedwork pushes you out of your comfort zone - and improves fitness - faster than any other workout," says running coach Nick Anderson (runningwithus.com)."You recruit muscle tissue that otherwise lies dormant and you train your body to become
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RW's Ultimate Marathon Q+A
By on 07/05/2002 19:03:13
Help! The answers to some common marathon training questions
training tool.Except for the Get You Round group, the schedules all follow either hard-easy or hard-medium-easy daily cycles. So long as you truly give the hard days your best efforts, and hold back to conversational pace on the easy days and the long runs
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Heart Rate Training: Intervals
By Joe Dunbar on 05/06/2000 10:50:31
Interval training is proof that your heart rate monitor has some limitations. However, used in the right way, it can still keep you on the right track
If you want to run faster on race day, there comes a point where you have to run faster in training. Long, steady runs are fine for improving your base endurance and threshold runs are great for boosting your aerobic efficiency, but to cap
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Q+A: How do I reach my potential as a good junior?
By George Gandy on 10/09/2000 18:25:37
Our experts answer real-life questions
Q I seem to have been quite a good runner from the start. In my first race I placed sixth; on the next couple I was pushing between second and third. Five years later I appear to be going backwards. I train very hard but I cant seem to get better
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RW's Classic 10-mile Schedules
By Bruce Tulloh on 07/05/2002 09:23:28
10-mile race brings out all the attributes of the distance runner. Follow our training programme and you could be hitting your target time in eight weeks
at which you can run without going into oxygen debt and accumulating lactic acid in the muscles. By training at around this speed you should be pushing up your threshold pace, and by increasing the volume of hard training you should be able to maintain
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Look, Feel And Run Your Best
By on 01/01/2009 00:00:00
Whatever your goals are for the year, this guide will help you look, feel and run your best
Schedules | 10K Q&As10-mile Often described as the perfect blend of speed and endurance – short enough to run hard, long enough to brag about.Training SchedulesHalf-marathon Suitable for those with a few short distance races under their belts already
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Rapid Recovery
By Ant Smith, Selene Yeager, Ruth Emmett, Alison Hamlett on 02/12/2009 17:56:27
The standard recipe for injury recovery is a few weeks of rest, ice and anti-inflammatories. But there are steps you can take to minimise lost training time
base before returning to hard training. If you were off for three weeks, it could take as many as six before you can tackle another race.Go soloDuring the first weeks back after injury, limit group training where you may be tempted to push your pace
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RW's Training Basics
By Runner's World on 10/05/2002 15:56:13
The 10 training foundations of a long running career
without stopping! 2. Build steadilyIf your running is to progress you will need to work harder over time, but if you punish your body too hard too soon you wont improve and youll increase the risk of injury. American coaching legend Jack Daniels advises
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Reader To Reader: Overtraining - Snuffles' reply
By Runner's World on 23/12/2006 14:53:46
How much training is too much? One reader's reply deserves a page of its own...
individual is so different. Symptoms are so different in each person, and there is no one set recovery plan or definition.Overtraining should probably be called "under resting", as we can all manage different training loads. It's how we recover from hard
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