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Reader to Reader: Train less, run faster?
By Catherine Lee on 11/06/2007 11:26:59
Can you improve on fewer sessions per week? Here's what you thought
slower rate of improvement? – JamesEarlJonesLearn about your lactate thresholdA long time ago, I ran a 2:50 marathon off three or four runs a week (I guess I was probably averaging 25 miles a week), and then one 20-mile run the week before. I was never
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Ride on Time: Time Trialling
By Jacqueline Wadsworth on 24/06/2011 10:01:30
Find out why time trialling is the perfect way to become a stronger cyclist
as part of his training. "A good 10-mile time trial is close to the highest amount of pain I can deal with, so training at this intensity to build lactate endurance helps my bike-leg speed in triathlons," he says. "When it really starts to hurt it
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Sportives For All
By on 18/11/2009 12:12:19
When summer loses its lustre and the autumn leaves start to fall, a sportive is a great way to cycle through the season and enjoy the scenery from a saddle
Keep your legs spinning even on easier downward stretches. A cadence lower than around 60 revolutions per minute will allow too much cramp-causing lactate acid to build up, according to 29-time Ironman finisher Mark Kleanthous (www.ironmate.co.uk). "Pushing
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Be The Best
By Alison Hamlett on 22/06/2004 15:56:45
It's unlikely you'll win every race you enter but you can be a winner every time you race by beating yourself and setting a new PB. Here are nine tips
K on July 11 – it’s run entirely on sand and will really test your speed endurance. And when you return to the roads, there should be a new spring in your step.Improve Your Lactate Threshold Pace (LTP) Your lactate threshold pace (LTP) is the running
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Training: Fast Fixes
By Greg McMillan on 03/01/2006 17:04:51
Take a close look at your training: the chances are, you're making some common mistakes, but a few simple tweaks can help fill in the blanks and transform your running
runners make this mistake. To increase your running fitness, each quality run you schedule needs to be done at the optimal level for that session, not at an all-out pace. Tempo runs, for example, which help you increase your lactate threshold (the speed
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24 Shortcuts To Your New PB
By Matthew Ray on 25/11/2009 17:13:40
We asked the experts for the 24 best ways to transform your race performance - and push your personal best into new territory
enough energy to jump-start you like this so you dip into your glycogen stores too early, accelerating fatigue and increasing your oxygen deficit. You need to raise blood lactate to threshold levels during your pre-race warm-up. This needs to be 15
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Enduring Questions: Ageing And Slowing
By Amby Burfoot on 11/05/2006 11:30:06
Did you know that if you can run a four-hour marathon at age 30, you should be able to pip under 4:30 at age 49? Amby Burfoot examines how much you should expect to slow as you age
of running not mileage totals, not your marathon PB, and certainly not the percentage of VO2 max you can maintain when running at lactate-threshold pace while holding your breath on a treadmill set at a six-per-cent-incline in a hypoxic tent. These Zen
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On The Double
By Marc Bloom and Shane Starling on 25/10/2007 14:42:47
Hills one day, fast the next, right? Not if you combine two quality workouts into one. It'll save you time and may just improve your performance as well
are designed to build speed, endurance, and strength but they do more than improve your VO2 max and your lactate threshold. "The trick is maintaining good running action and form under the stress of increased fatigue," says George Gandy, director of athletics
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No Pain, All Gain (Preview)
By Christie Aschwanden on 30/03/2009 14:24:26
Prep your body and mind to handle anything your run can throw at it (non-subscriber preview)
of intervals that up your lactate threshold also improve your pain tolerance, because they teach your brain what it feels like to approach your limit and keep going, he says. This is both a physical and psychological process – your body adapts to the exercise
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Triathlon Glossary
By on 10/07/2008 10:58:07
Learn how to talk tri with our beginner's guide to the most commonly used lingo in the world of triathlon
competitor switches from the swimming stage to the cycling stageT2Second transition, where a competitor switches from the cycling stage to the running stageTempo training Working just below your lactate threshold for an extended period (rather than a short
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