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Back On Track
By Lisa Jhung & Elizabeth Hufton on 16/03/2009 11:58:48
If your final phase of big-race training is paved with obstacles, try these detours
It happens to a lot of runners. You set your sights on a big race, log your miles and put your social life on hold, only to run into a roadblock in the last four to six weeks – that ‘monster month' when you're at your peak but still weeks away from race day. After all that hard w...
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Carry On Camping
By Bruce Tulloh on 12/02/2003 08:32:20
For a few days, at least, forget trying to fit running into the rest of your life – go on a training camp and let your sport take centre-stage
Everyone should try a training camp a couple of times a year look what it does for Paula Radcliffe! It can give you a huge leap in fitness and a great boost to your morale. It can be two weeks in the mountains, or a week on some sandy beaches, or it can be a couple of long week...
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Best of the forum: Training
By Runner's World on 18/06/2003 10:24:21
Highlights and frequently asked questions from our Training forum
TRAINING: GENERAL | Long runs | Speedwork | Hillwork | Heart rate | TRAINING FOR RACING | Marathon | CROSS-TRAINING | Miscellaneous | CreditsThese are highlights and frequently asked questions from our training forums. They were created by members of Runner's World just like yo...
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Flora London Marathon Expo 2009
By Runner's World on 22/04/2009 10:45:00
How to get there, where to find us and what's in our legendary goody bags this year
Goodies galore: pick up one of our rucksacks while stocks last! This year's Flora London Marathon Expo opens on Wednesday April 22 and runs until Saturday April 25. It's the essential destination for all of you counting down to the big day – without collecting your race ...
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RW Marathon Newsletter - Week 18
By Runner's World on 25/04/2005 10:45:17
RW Marathon Newsletter - Week 18
Our free weekly spring marathon email newsletter was sent from December to April. If you'd like to receive one next year, please go to your My Newsletters page and tick 'Weekly marathon newsletter'.If you haven't registered as a free member of the site yet, you'll have to do that...
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Reader to Reader: Train less, run faster?
By Catherine Lee on 11/06/2007 11:26:59
Can you improve on fewer sessions per week? Here's what you thought
Reducing your level of training to improve your race times might seem counter-intuitive but research exists to suggest that in fact, less can sometimes be more. This week’s reader is keen to put this theory into practice - can you help him strike the right balance between session...
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RW's Great North Run Mile-by-mile Guide
By Runner's World on 17/09/2007 10:49:59
Plan your race with our mile-by-mile guide to the world's biggest half-marathon
And they're off... 50,000 runners take to the streets When the inaugural Great North Run took place in 1981, more than 12,000 runners charged through the streets of Newcastle. Twenty-six years later a lot has changed. The field has reached an eye popping 50,000 runners, the date ...
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Camp Rocks
By Alice Palmer on 04/12/2008 11:55:11
Worried that training camps are strictly for elite athletes only? Think again
Join the pack on a training campWhether you're in training for a big race, keen to accelerate out of a frustrating plateau, or just fed up with the infamous British weather, a training camp could put the spark back into your running. Most training camps offer a busy schedule of o...
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The Effect Of Ageing On Endurance (Preview)
By Christie Aschwanden on 21/08/2009 14:00:43
Are you too old - or too young - to run your best marathon? To find out, we asked top scientists, coaches and elite athletes about the impact of ageing on endurance. Their answers might pleasantly surprise you (non-subscriber preview)
© Getty Images The two Olympic marathons held last August in Beijing were literally races for the ages. Kenya's Samuel Wanjiru, then 21, broke more than an Olympic record with his 2:06:32 win; he crushed long-held conventional wisdom that marathon performance pea...
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Getting Real
By John Bingham on 06/08/2003 16:11:57
Until you exorcise the memories that keep you from succeeding, there's no point in exercising your body. You can be the best runner you can be, if you're realistic about your abilities and your goals
This section is adapted from No Need For Speed - A Beginner's Guide To The Joy Of Running, by John Bingham. Buy this book!You may be uncomfortable hearing that no one can tell you what your fitness goals should be. No one can tell you how much activity is right for you, what eati...
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