my mileage and practised running above 14,000 feet, but still I'd limped home after aggravating an old Achilles injury. Today I was ready for a charmed third try. I was fit, healthy and confident of a top-10 finish. Maybe I'd even break three hours
While it’s important to stay hydrated during exercise, it’s impossible to create one-size-fits-all drinking guidelines. Your weight, sweat rate and effort level, and the temperature, all affect how much you should drink. But that doesn’t mean you
fitness and endurance. But to kickstart a sluggish metabolism, you need intensity. Karp suggests interval training (condensed runs that combine intense efforts with recovery) because studies have found these workouts burn more calories during and after
. But that doesn’t mean staying slim is a battle you can’t win. It’s possible to outsmart your genes and maintain a healthy weight.Case in point: a 2009 Finnish study published in the International Journal of Obesity tracked 16 same-sex twin pairs (chosen because
intervals at faster-than-marathon pace. "I figured if I got good at taking my drinks at this pace, it would come easy in the marathon," he says. Spence claimed the bronze medal.Alan Culpepper, another 2004 marathon qualifier, visited the Gatorade Sports
hormones. But when a heavy training schedule puts pressure on your immune system, you can ensure that you make healthy diet choices.The key to maintaining an efficient and effective immune system is to consume enough of the nutrients that play a vital role
running.2.For female runners, controlled anaerobic training intervals, hill reps, fartlek training may lead to gains in strength and speed similar to those produced by steroids, but without the noxious side effects. Why? High-intensity anaerobic
minutes whenever I trained.It was summer and we took a trip to the South of France to stay with my sister. She thought I was mad to be running in my condition. One evening, a doctor came round for an aperitif. I was all but internally examined
