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Our Best Practical Heart Rate Sessions
By Dagny Scott Barrios on 05/06/2002 10:01:45
Heart rate training is great in theory - here's a beginner-friendly guide to turning it into reality
Dr George Parrott. "Heart rate monitors, however, are far more precise."So, no matter what type of runner you are – beginner, intermediate or advanced – a heart rate monitor will help you train more effectively.Tips for BeginnersNovice runners
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Heart Rate 101
By Garth Fox on 02/11/2011 10:58:34
Sports scientist Garth Fox explains the whats, whys and hows of heart rate training
, slow runs.How do I work out the stats?First, work out your maximum heart rate (HR max) using a heart rate monitor. Run easy for 15 minutes, hard for five, then as hard as possible for another minute. The highest number your monitor records is your
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Best of the forum: Beginners
By Runner's World on 25/09/2003 18:46:04
Highlights and frequently asked questions from our Beginners forum
- what's that??MORE RACING LINKS IN OUR FULL 'BEST OF THE TRAINING FORUM' INDEX SHOES AND KIT FOR BEGINNERSBad weather - what rain gear?Gear - what gear?Gear - winter clothing (not too hot, not too, cold…)General - running shoes or a heart rate monitor
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Q+A: I've been running a year - I can't speed up!
By Rob Spedding on 09/09/2002 17:45:51
Our experts answer real-life questions
trying. So my first step would be to add a shorter run to your weekly programme. You could replace one of your hour-long sessions with one of 20 minutes, or better still add it to your schedule as an extra run. If you have a heart-rate monitor use that
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The View From The Top
By John Bingham on 27/11/2003 14:04:54
Sometimes it's a real uphill struggle to recognise that we're not reaching our potential
but to continue to the top. And that you’d know for sure when you reached it.Not being the best hill runner in the world, I thought I’d use some strategy. I opted for a combination of heart-rate monitoring and run/walk intervals. My thinking (and I use the term
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How To Run At Your Ideal Paces
By Amby Burfoot on 01/11/2002 15:55:38
Running fast too slowly and running slowly too fast - it's easy for runners to misjudge their training pace. But with the right guidance, everyone can train more effectively
.If you don’t have a heart-rate monitor and want to check your heart rate on the run, take your pulse at the end of an interval, for 10 seconds, and multiply by six.Cross-training If you’re looking to substitute some cycling or other aerobic exercise
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Easy Does It
By Hal Higdon on 04/11/2002 12:55:15
Running isn't meant to be completely effortless, but sometimes you do get the feeling that it could be a bit less like hard work. Here are 35 tried and tested ways to make things a little easier
and run whichever way your impulses suggest.Let your heart beat freely. The heart-rate monitor is a great training tool, but some runners become so dependent on it that they forget what it means to run by feel. Others compute their maximum heart rates too
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The 15 Beginner Essentials
By Joe Henderson on 12/11/2004 15:47:59
No waffle - just the 15 key things all new runners need to know
, so they push too hard. As a result, they get overly fatigued and discouraged, or even injured. Here are some more guidelines. A comfortable pace is one to two minutes per mile slower than your trial mile time. Or you can use a heart-rate monitor
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Reader to Reader: Moving on from run/walk
By Jane Hoskyn on 14/05/2007 14:26:49
Just how does a beginner break through from run/walk to run/run? Here's what you thought
frequently gone away and I can continue. – LauraFTune into your heartThe thing that worked for me was putting on a heart rate monitor for the first time. Straight away it told me I was putting too much effort into my long runs. There were times when I
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Start Running Now: Our Get-Going Guide
By Amby Burfoot on 01/01/2010 15:21:23
Anyone can become a runner - never mind the excuses, the weather or the bag of crisps calling your name. Here, a team of experts shows you how
(upandrunning.co.uk).Forget about gadgets Heart-rate monitors, GPS watches, accelerometers that tell you how fast you're going - none of these glitzy products are really necessary for your first efforts. All you really need is a watch with a stopwatch function
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