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Beyond the Track: Four Tricks to Run Fast
By Adam Bean on 01/09/2011 11:43:16
Get all the physical benefits of running fast – without ever having to set foot on a track
the speed by 0.2 or 0.3 km/h every minute for five to 10 minutes. Take a one-minute jog or walk recovery, then begin the next progression at the speed at which you left off. Again, increase by 0.2-0.3 km/h every minute for five to 10 minutes, jog for two
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Get Away With It
By Ruth Emmett on 08/12/2009 09:11:33
Why a bit of what you enjoy needn't hurt your running
Running is about self-improvement, not Spartan self-denial. As performance coach Kim Ingleby (energisedperformance.com) says, "You need a balance: training, recovery, food and fun." So while runners might idolise the original marathon runner
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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
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Going Strong
By Marguerite Lazell on 27/02/2004 16:57:34
When the going gets tough, the tough get going - our three first-time marathoners show they have real staying power
as to why anyone would want to run 26.2 miles, but he still helps out – if relucantly – when Braidwood is training. Braidwood also has an extra incentive to complete the marathon now. She has picked up sponsorship forms from the Cancer Appeal Office
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Words Of Whizz-Dom
By Beth Eck, Alisa Bauman and Mark Remy on 04/08/2002 13:22:59
The RW staff around the world have learned a few things about running over the years. Here's a sample of their hard-won wisdom
right away. I started running in 1979 and finished my first marathon only a year later. In my first three years of running, I did seven marathons. I never even ran a half-marathon until 1982. Luckily, I didn’t get injured. But if I had concentrated
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Our Best Practical Heart Rate Sessions
By Dagny Scott Barrios on 05/06/2002 10:01:45
Heart rate training is great in theory - here's a beginner-friendly guide to turning it into reality
heart rate to drop before beginning the next repetition. Your recovery target should be less than 80 per cent of your WHR.Suggested sessionJog for 10 minutes, then run three repetitions of 1.5 miles at about 85-90 per cent of WHR. Rest three minutes
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Reader to Reader: Moving on from run/walk
By Jane Hoskyn on 14/05/2007 14:26:49
Just how does a beginner break through from run/walk to run/run? Here's what you thought
This week's reader completed the London Marathon using a run/walk strategy – but she now wants to cut out the walks altogether, and it's not proving too easy. Can you offer any advice? "I'm getting really annoyed with myself. I trained for FLM using
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Reader to Reader: Should I train to a schedule?
By Catherine Lee on 16/07/2007 16:45:06
How important is it to train to a schedule? Here's what you thought
it became obsessive. OK, I'm never going to win anything, but I have got satisfactory results from such training. My PBs are 1:37 for a half-marathon (four runs per week), and 3:52 for the marathon. – Mr BumpUse your past experience to inform the present
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Heart Rate 101
By Garth Fox on 02/11/2011 10:58:34
Sports scientist Garth Fox explains the whats, whys and hows of heart rate training
steady runs and marathon pace runs for more experienced runners. Spend 10-25 per cent of your training time here. High Intensity 80-95% of maxThe lower end (80-85 per cent) of this zone encompasses tempo (or lactate threshold) runs - a 'comfortably hard
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Lessons Learnt
By John Bingham and Julie Welch on 04/08/2002 13:08:11
We're so good to you... two well-known (once-)beginners share the secrets they learnt the hard way
. If everyone else increased their mileage by 10 per cent per week, then Id increase mine by 20 per cent. Eventually, I learned that improvement comes when you learn to balance effort and recovery. Now I know that I need to mix lots of easy-run days around my
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