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Kick The Habit (Preview)
By Matt Barbour on 17/06/2008 09:38:44
Take your running up a gear with these six simple fixes to the most common mistakes (non-subscriber preview)
to Olympic athletes," says Sam Murphy, author of Marathon From Start to Finish (£12.99, A&C Black). “Taking the pressure off helps you peak when it really matters."BREAK IT: Sit down with your yearly race calendar and prioritise your races into 'A's, 'B
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Operation: Improve Your Running
By Dominique Brady on 20/09/2010 15:52:58
Push yourself to racing glory with a dose of hard-earned military know-how - including British Military Fitness’s top five exercises.
competitive, " she explains, "The army always felt they were the best at everything and if they lost they were very disappointed."Army training has been credited by Holmes as helping her become the double gold Olympic athlete we all admire and respect. "It
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Hard Training Q&As: Misc
By Runner's World on 23/06/2004 17:47:59
From the forum: former London Marathon winner Mike Gratton on dedicated training
Hard Training Q&AsTRAINING GENERAL• Do I need to take an "easy week" when my average mileage isn’t that high? • Should you try and break through ‘the wall’ in training? • Is it just the cold weather, or am I getting fitter? • How do I overcome
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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?
. I happen to live in the same community as the Sydney Olympic cycling sprint champion, Marty Nothstein, and I've seen him compete. His 6'2", 98kg body dwarfs his bike as he attacks the pedals in a piston-pounding frenzy. To win the Tour, a rider has
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Enduring Questions: Mile Markers
By Amby Burfoot on 07/08/2006 08:45:42
It's more than 60 years since Roger Bannister broke the four-minute barrier, so how long before runners break 3:30?
to do next? A 3:30 mile might look reasonable on paper, but it's difficult for me to comprehend."I save the New Zealander Peter Snell for last, because he bridges two worlds. An Olympic champion and record-setting miler with a best time of 3:54.1 (in
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Who are they, the Pirate Ship of Fools?
By Jj on 03/01/2008 16:10:22
From the origins of the name to their first Ironman races - a historic account of our unofficial forum triathlon club
at themselves and each other in the process. That’s what the Pirates are all about."Unfinished BusinessIronMin first wore the Pirate kit in June 2007. It wasn’t for an Ironman event, it was for the Chester Olympic distance tri, but she said, "I was blown away
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The RW D.I.Y Coaching Team (Preview)
By Matt Barbour on 01/07/2008 12:17:29
With this advice from the country's top running coaches and health and fitness professionals, you can train yourself to run your best (non-subscriber preview)
the pace of your runs is essential to improving, it's key to have the correct variation. "You need to make your recovery runs really easy and your hard runs really hard," explains Chris Frapwell, coach to GB Olympic marathon hopeful Dan Robinson. "Easy runs
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Running Rules Revisited
By Bob Cooper on 25/09/2009 17:21:50
Some coaches, scientists and other experts are challenging conventional thinking. Could their uncommon wisdom work for you?
have changed.In the first Olympic marathon at least one runner thought it was smart to drink wine during the race. We're not saying the challengers to conventional wisdom are right – or wrong. Only that their ideas are worth considering, because
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Welcome To Integrated Training
By Marc Bloom on 01/06/2002 16:03:24
To be a better runner, you need to broaden your exercise programme. Welcome to integrated training
hard with 200m of jogging. This sounds like something an Olympic champion might do, but you can easily adapt it to your own needs and pace.4. Cross-training(12 per cent; 36 minutes)Even a mere half-hour of cross-training cycling, swimming, stair
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Classic Speedwork
By Bruce Tulloh on 01/06/2002 16:51:16
Serious speed for serious runners - here are the foundations
-country runner to being a national champion at 200m and an Olympic medallist in the 4 x 400m.What to do“If you don’t want to lose it, use it.” Any good coach will say that you should develop as much speed as possible when you are young, but that doesn’t mean
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