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5:17.38 - 48 minutes worse than my target time!
By Darren Xiberras on 18/04/2011 22:18:45
of 4:30. I was using my Garmin to pace myself and that had me bang on 2:15 at the halfway mark although the official half marathon split was 2:16.58. I did start to tire a little around the halfway point and I think may have taken a sneaky little walk
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TW Interviews: Keri-Anne Payne
By on 07/03/2011 17:05:23
TW grills Keri-Anne Payne about how she tames tough open water races and discovers her very best beginner tips.
Open water swimming's poster girl Keri-Anne Payne made history when she took silver in the very first Olympic 10K marathon swim in Beijing. A year later she followed this feat with gold at the 2009 World Championships.A true water baby, Keri
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Look, Feel And Run Your Best
By on 01/01/2009 00:00:00
Whatever your goals are for the year, this guide will help you look, feel and run your best
-footed.Training Schedules | 10K Q&As10-mile Often described as the perfect blend of speed and endurance – short enough to run hard, long enough to brag about.Training SchedulesHalf-marathon Suitable for those with a few short distance races under their belts already
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The Perfect Playlist
By Jeff Pearlman on 12/06/2008 09:24:58
Runners who listen to music know its motivating power, but what exactly does a great running song sound like?
-bop-bop!--to emulate the punching. That created the tension."The result was the Billboard number-one hit Eye of the Tiger, an anthem that some runners love, some runners loathe, and nearly every road race from 5K to ultra-marathon blasts at ear-splitting decibels along
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Our Bodies, Our Selves
By John Bingham on 08/08/2003 15:35:34
You can’t trade your body in for a new, improved model. Accepting the natural strengths and weaknesses of the body you have is the key to becoming the best you can be
of the runners bodies. Like I did, these injured runners seem to take pride in the fact that they are "playing with pain." Theyve convinced themselves that the tape and tubes are medals of honor. Have you ever seen a runner in the lead pack of a major marathon
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Forum v Ironman Florida
By Candy Ollier on 17/11/2004 14:10:09
... no please, after you... a civilised and rather hot time at Ironman Florida, November 2004
shower contraption (a bit like those sprays at the London Marathon) and into T1 proper.T1 was weird. All the T1 bags were laid out in rows, and you had to find your bag and then go to the segregated changing room, in which it was bedlam. I was of course
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Forum vs Dartmoor Discovery: Blame the dinosaur!
By RichK on 15/06/2005 12:24:57
13 per cent of the field at the 2005 32-mile Dartmoor Discovery were RW forumites. Read about the training... the hills... the celebrations and, er, the selfless litter-picking
It was T Rex’s fault. Several Forumites had taken part in Dartmoor Discovery 2004, and I wasn’t the only one who retreated home from Devon that June to lick my wounds, having found out the hard way that 32 miles is not the same as a marathon with a
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Kick The Habit
By Matt Barbour on 17/06/2008 08:57:04
Take your running up a gear with these 14 simple fixes to the most common mistakes
to train the brain before the body will follow."BAD HABIT: You 'flap'when you run "When I’m out training, I see non-elite runners 'flapping' their feet onto the ground," says Veronique Marot, winner of the 1989 Women’s London Marathon and endurance coach
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50, not out
By Trinity on 01/08/2005 09:45:43
RW member Trinity tackles her longest-ever ultra-distance event, the 50-Mile Challenge in Kent, along with 15 other RW members...
I actually remember filling out the entry form for the 50-Mile Challenge, thinking it was such a good idea. I'm in the second year of a four-year build-up to the 89km Comrades Marathon in South Africa in 2007. I thought that running the 50 would
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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
. Scientists always knew that runners with a high VO2max tended to produce the fastest running times. More recent research has elevated lactate threshold to a position of equal importance.Frank Shorter, the 1972 Olympic marathon champion, and Derek Clayton
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