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	Marathon Training: Smooth and Easy By Amby Burfoot on 16/01/2004 09:53:14 10 classic marathon Q&As, from training injury-free to overcoming dreaded boredom of the participants running a 62-mile race consumed 14,000 millilitres of liquid; another who ran only 26 miles, drank only 280 millilitres. The latter runner, not surprisingly, showed the most loss of vascular fluid, resulting in thickened blood plasma and impaired

	The FIRST Three Day A Week Marathon Schedule By Amby Burfoot on 05/12/2006 15:06:54 Tired of slogging through miles of training? Here's how to run your best marathon on three training runs a week miles 10 miles 5 10 x 400m 5 miles 14 miles 6 5 x 1200m 5 miles 15 miles 7 7 x 800m 8 miles 17 miles 8 3 x 1600m 10 miles 13 miles 9 12 x 400m 3 miles 18 miles

	Enduring Questions: Marathon Drinking - How Much? By Amby Burfoot on 07/02/2006 16:10:10 You used to worry about not being hydrated enough. But recent studies say that too much could be far worse. What's the truth? Even though I’ve been reading up on hyponatremia for almost 20 years, I was surprised last April by The New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM). Five days before the Boston Marathon, it published research showing 13 per cent of the 2002 field might

	Enduring Questions: Armstrong vs The Marathon By Amby Burfoot on 03/07/2006 14:23:22 In the Tour de France, Lance Armstrong would devour riders over 2,000-plus miles. Could he do the same over 26.2? Oxygen Power: Performance Tables For Distance Runners in 1979. According to Daniels, who's rarely off by more than a smidgen or two, a VO2 max of 83 roughly suggests a 2:06 marathon.The problem is, Daniels is talking about the oxygen power of runners

	Enduring Questions: Armstrong vs Marathon: Preview By Amby Burfoot on 03/07/2006 15:09:52 In the Tour de France, Lance Armstrong devoured riders over 2,000-plus miles. Could he do the same over 26.2? (Non-subscriber preview) Oxygen Power: Performance Tables For Distance Runners in 1979. According to Daniels, who's rarely off by more than a smidgen or two, a VO2 max of 83 roughly suggests a 2:06 marathon....ContinuesRW magazine subscribers can see the article in full here

	Enduring Questions: Should I run naked? By Amby Burfoot on 15/05/2008 17:21:53 US Editor At Large Amby Burfoot looks at the hydration and heat challenges facing summer marathon runners crashed. He now believes he did too many hard 20-milers in the heat. "I was exhausted from the first step of the marathon," he says. He finished 15th in 2:14:19.HydrationEveryone knows drinking fluids is supposed to help you run faster. But you have

	Enduring Questions: Downhill Running By Amby Burfoot on 09/06/2006 14:51:54 The Boston Marathon drops 480 feet from start to finish, so it should be the fastest, easiest course around, right? Tell that to your trashed quads ran 2:42:24 in 1975, and Joan Benoit Samuelson ran 2:22:43 in 1983. ("World best" was the euphemism instead of "world record" for road-race performances before January 1, 2004.) This year saw a course record set in the men's race, but, at 2:07:14

	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 1.041 50 1.128 60 1.222 70 1.324 80 1.494 Click here to use Ray Fair's age-and-pace calculator

	Double Your Endurance By Amby Burfoot on 10/05/2005 16:02:25 Introducing the wonders of the running world - seven simple plans to double your endurance the result.“I covered 18-23 miles in my long training runs,” says Strand, “and I did the last 9-14 miles at marathon pace or faster. That was much faster than my previous long-run efforts of 17-22 miles at whatever pace I felt like running.”This kind

	Beginning Running: The First Of Many Miles By Amby Burfoot on 16/01/2004 14:41:28 RW USA Editor Amby Burfoot with a friendly overview of how to get started and what to expect as a new runner training for their first marathon, the long run might start in the 10- or 12-mile range and gradually progress over several months to distances approaching 20 miles.Also, some race experience at the 10-mile and half-marathon distances can serve as dress