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How Fast Are You Run-Walking?
By Amby Burfoot on 05/05/2002 15:44:00
What do run/walk speeds mean?
Most runners want to keep track of their pace. Its how we measure many sessions. So what happens to your overall pace when you combine running and walking? You slow down, obviously. But not as much as you might think.The following table shows per-mile
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Enduring Questions: The Perfect 30-Minute Session
By Amby Burfoot on 05/05/2005 11:15:27
Pushed for time? Three experts share their best short sessions
Amby Burfoot is Executive Editor of Runner's World USA, and the 1968 Boston Marathon winner Imagine that there was an exercise programme that could guarantee to get you in shape with only three identical 30-minute exercise sessions per week. I
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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
it defies the conventional wisdom. Daring because it limits participants to just three running sessions a week. And daring, in the extreme, because it tells runners they’ll become faster on fewer workouts."Train less, run faster" – you’ve heard the refrain
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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
Devising training sessions is easy. Anyone can come up with a plan that sounds great. Take my old high school track coach, for example. Way back in the mid-1960s, he ordered us distance runners to do 10x400 metres, each in 60 seconds. That’s what US
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It's Good To Walk
By Amby Burfoot on 05/05/2002 15:49:01
A simple training technique can increase your endurance and calorie-burning, decrease injuries and maybe even help you to run faster
, enjoyable (and effective) way to run. It’s worth a try, isn’t it? Amby Burfoot is Editor of Runner's World US.
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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
, plus 20 to 40 seconds per mile, or your 10K race pace, plus 10 to 20 seconds. (Both formulas should result in about the same pace.) Most top coaches believe you should regularly do 20- to 40-minute runs at your LT pace; these sessions are commonly
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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
As runners, we all want to increase our endurance, but we’re often referring to different things. While the beginner often wants to go further – from two miles to four miles, then to six, more experienced runners don’t see much point in running
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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
should include one LT session in which you cover three to six miles at your LT pace. There are any number of ways to do this. For instance, you could go to the track and run repetitions of one and a half to two miles at LT pace. Do two or three
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Enduring Questions: Can Hills Make You Faster?
By Amby Burfoot on 07/07/2005 10:23:42
Some runners avoid hills because they can cause injuries and they're, well, hard. Time to reconsider
ourselves up to the top of north London's Primrose Hill once a week is hard work, and it draws bewildered looks from the fashionable set who parade in the park on summer's days, but we have little doubt that these sessions make us faster.We are not alone
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Enduring Questions - Are Free Radicals Harmful?
By Amby Burfoot on 05/12/2006 11:18:36
Should you be afraid of free radicals? Running produces them, illness is caused by them, antioxidants combat them. Or maybe not
ask him if someone running 20 miles a week should worry about free radicals. "No way," he says. "Regular 20-mile-a-week runners shouldn't give it a second thought. The body produces plenty of its own antioxidant enzymes to deal with free radicals
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