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Enduring Questions: How Lactate Makes A Run Better
By Amby Burfoot on 07/10/2005 09:38:03
It makes your legs burn and can ruin a run, but lactic acid is just misunderstood
to describe a certain training pace. "Lactate threshold" (LT) pace has been the preferred term in Runner’s World for the last handful of years. Loosely speaking, LT pace requires a hard but manageable effort, and forces your body to begin producing
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The Seeds of Speed
By Owen Anderson on 01/11/2002 17:19:50
What really builds your speed? Here are the technical secrets of how to make your body work for you
lactate-threshold velocity also heightens race performances. For example, 10K race speed is about 2.5 per cent faster than lactate-threshold (LT) speed, so improvements in LT will force your 10K pace upwards. Enhancing economy also increases average race
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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
the point at which your muscle efficiency falls off significantly (your lactate threshold, or LT); and you can improve your endurance, or running economy (RE).It follows that the most effective training takes direct aim at one or more of these three factors
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Enduring Questions - The Perfect Training Plan
By Amby Burfoot on 02/04/2007 12:24:33
Note these ten principles next time you draw up a schedule
12 per cent of your weekly mileage at your lactate threshold (LT) or tempo pace When you run at LT pace, you enhance your running economy and your body’s ability to cope with increasing amounts of lactic acid. LT pace is your 5K pace, plus 25 to 45
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The Perfect Tempo Run
By John Hanc on 19/11/2007 12:24:14
The 'comfortably hard' run is the key to clocking your fastest time, at any distance
-like-magic method that helped propel Paul Tergat, the former marathon world record holder, to greatness. The secret? The tempo run – that faster-paced session also known as a lactate-threshold, LT or threshold run. One US-based coach championing this method
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The Union Movement
By Runner's World on 10/08/2004 14:21:53
Ten new states joined the European Union in May: pack your trainers and find out how to say “negative-split” in 10 new languages.
have to do is register online, by post or by fax.Website www.maratonas.ltLatviaLike its Lithuanian cousin, the Riga International Marathon, held every May, is free, with the tab again picked up by Maxima. Last year, of the 135 finishers only 13 were
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Eat Well, Race Fast
By on 24/11/2009 11:50:38
Follow these easy refuelling steps to perform at your peak on race day
longer than one hour.• 500ml unsweetened fruit juice + 500ml water + 1g (1/5th teaspoon) salt• 150ml high juice squash + 850ml water + 1g (1/5th teaspoon) salt• 50-70g table sugar or glucose powder + 1lt water + 1g (1/5th teaspoon) salt
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