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Readers' Top 50 Races 2009: 50-plus votes
By on 14/01/2010 16:56:03
The runners of Britain have spoken! Here are your 50 best events of last year, as judged by the thousands of you who ran in them
of marathons, but nothing as tough. Not a race for the faint-hearted, but an absolutely incredible one." Mark Edwards10. Trionium Leith Hill Half-Marathon (97%, 98%, 83 ratings)Where? Surrey When? March 8 Prepare to get dirty, and prepare to hurt
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RW Test: Speed and distance monitors
By Runner's World on 04/12/2008 08:27:21
RW tests adidas miCoach, Suunto X10, Oregon Scientific SE300, Timex Bodylink Ironman Triathlon, Polar RS800CX, Garmin Forerunner 405, Nike+ iPod Touch
relayed to the user either through headphones or over the speakerphone. The phone records heart rate, speed and distance (via a calibrated pedometer), cadence and calories burned. You can set up a workout plan and it will coach you through each run
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Readers' Top 50 Races 2008: 50-plus votes
By Runner's World on 12/01/2009 16:16:11
You voted for them... here they are. It's your favourite races of 2008 (50-plus votes)
When? November 16 Why? A consistently popular trail race, particularly with mud-lovers. The chest-deep waters of the Bog of Doom was not for the faint-hearted. 91 94 178 ratings22 Great Cumbrian Run Half-Marathon When? October 19 Why
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Readers' Top 50 Races 2008: 25-49 Votes
By Runner's World on 26/01/2009 12:40:19
You voted for them... here they are. It's your favourite races of 2008 (25 - 49 votes)
-roader in the heart of Yorkshire. 92 98 25 ratings27 The Great Clarendon Marathon, Wiltshire When? October 5 Why? Enjoy classically English rural views in this point-to-point multi-terrain fixture between Salisbury and Winchester. 92 92 40 ratings28
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Readers' Top 50 Races 2008: 15-24 Votes
By Runner's World on 26/01/2009 12:42:50
You voted for them... here they are. It's your favourite races of 2008 (15 - 24 votes)
will love this gently undulating fixture through a historic village in the heart of Essex. 89 100 15 ratings44 Bearbrook 10K, Buckinghamshire When? August 10 Why? Chase a negative split in this popular jaunt through picturesque Chilterns
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Treadmills: Features that matter
By Sean Fishpool on 08/07/2000 11:32:19
From speed to safety...
The displays on our test treadmills featured combinations of speed, pace, incline, time, distance, heart rate, calories burned, etc. These functions should be clearly labelled, intuitive and easy to read at a glance. The console should be large enough
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Q+A: Can I run a sub-3 marathon? I've done 3:30
By George Gandy on 09/09/2000 10:02:10
Our experts answer real-life questions
be helpful for you to do much of your training with a heart rate monitor in order to familiarise yourself with the pace and heart-rate zones for the five different levels of effort weve used in our London Marathon training schedules (easy, slow, steady
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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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RW Garmin-Ready 10K Schedule: Sub-45:00
By Runner's World on 04/08/2008 12:57:57
Six-day-a-week 10K schedule you can download to your Garmin Forerunner
, 305 and 405). Your Forerunner will then guide you through each session with target training paces or heart rates to aim for.Decide whether you want to train by heart rate or pace (if in doubt, choose pace).Download the schedule onto your PC desktop
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RW Review: Garmin Forerunner 50
By Welsh Alex on 07/02/2008 15:46:40
RW product tester and forumite Welsh Alex tests Garmin's latest running device
Forerunner 50: A breeze to operateThe Forerunner 50 is available in two packages. The first consists of a watch, footpod, heart-rate strap and a plug-in data receiver for your PC but if you really don’t want the heart-rate strap you can save
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