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Ground Rules (Preview)
By Sam Murphy on 29/07/2010 12:43:41
Tired of tramping over Tarmac? There are plenty of other running surfaces to tackle, to banish boredom and benefit your body. Here’s how to get the best out of them.
on dry sand with one minute jogging where it's firmer underfoot. Continue to zig-zag along the beach.Sand dune hillsFind a sloping sand dune and after a warm-up, run hard up to the top (or for up to one minute), maintaining a short stride and fast
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ASICS Target 26.2: Meet our Final Five!
By on 13/12/2012 09:50:12
After some furious campaigning in the forum, the final line up for our ASICS Target 26.2 project has been decided. Meet our final five and give them a virtual pat on the back in the forum!
marathon journey at A.W in the RW forum.Good for Age - SarahTarget: Sub 3:35 ... a Boston Qualifier.Marathon PB: 3:45:11.My strengths: Hills (!) and my bloody-mindedness – I have an inability to give up!!My weaknesses: 10ks for some reason. Although I do
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Simplify Your Training With These Key 3 Sessions
By Sean Fishpool on 01/06/2002 15:20:35
The only three quality sessions you'll ever need, whether you're training for 5K, 10 miles or a marathon
structured speedwork, its a super way of improving your strength, power, economy and VO2max, but in a more rounded and fun way. If you add some good, strengthening hill-climbs, its a total all-in-one session. How? Choose what, for you, is a normal
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Hard Training Q&As: Misc
By Runner's World on 23/06/2004 17:47:59
From the forum: former London Marathon winner Mike Gratton on dedicated training
Hard Training Q&AsTRAINING GENERAL• Do I need to take an "easy week" when my average mileage isn’t that high? • Should you try and break through ‘the wall’ in training? • Is it just the cold weather, or am I getting fitter? • How do I overcome
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Enduring Questions: Armstrong vs The Marathon
By Amby Burfoot on 03/07/2006 14:23:22
In the Tour de France, Lance Armstrong would devour riders over 2,000-plus miles. Could he do the same over 26.2?
distance race he ever entered as a teenager. He obviously had legs, guts, and stamina from the go.He also won a more recent running race. This time it was a run-bike-run affair called the Dirty Duathlon in Rocky Hill, Texas, back in December 2002
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Hard Training Q&As: Marathoning
By Runner's World on 23/06/2004 17:25:10
From the forum: former London Marathon winner Mike Gratton on dedicated training
Hard Training Q&AsTRAINING GENERAL• Do I need to take an "easy week" when my average mileage isn’t that high? • Should you try and break through ‘the wall’ in training? • Is it just the cold weather, or am I getting fitter? • How do I overcome
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Lucozade Sport Super Six: Helen (sub-4:30)
By Runner's World on 19/12/2008 01:00:37
Follow the progress of Helen, our sub-4:30 hopeful, as she receives expert advice from mentor Nick Anderson
's still in a happy place, but it's important to respect the tiredness. Weeks 9 - 10Helen says: What I’ve achieved over the last eight weeks blows me away slightly. Now I look at hills with no fear, my fastest mile splits start with an 8, and I only have
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25 Ways To More Consistent Running
By Runner's World on 16/05/2005 10:14:04
Faster? Further? Lighter? Whatever you want from your running, what you need is more consistent training
Ron Hill doesn't have to think about running today. It's a given; he's going to do it. After 38 years of running every day without a break (which through to the beginning of December 2002 amounted to 13,880 consecutive days) he's not about
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10 Guaranteed Ways To Burst With Motivation
By Runner's World on 05/06/2002 10:53:02
Ever wondered how some people have a perpetually bright and enthusiastic running career? Here are their secrets...
: consistency. They had cut out speedwork and hill sessions, instead running the same distance each day, although varying the pace. Dull? No – clever. They knew that ultimately the secret of endurance is not getting injured.
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Fastness Is All In The Mind
By Andy Blackford on 04/09/2003 17:00:55
Running is a mental thing. But running 78K over Swiss mountains is a mental mental thing
while, I’ll get to hate the stupid mountains and the silly streams and the soppy wildflowers, and I’ll promise myself that when I get home I’ll move to Norfolk and never look at another hill as long as I live.And if it gets really bad, I’ll walk
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