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Running Made Simple: Training
By Mark Remy on 18/05/2005 11:50:49
How to keep your running a refuge from life's complexity... and maybe even run better in the process.
feel like it, drink a cup of coffee, and then head out. On this run, don't worry about time, pace or distance. Just run.Listen to your heart Worried that you're overtraining? Find out in 60 seconds by checking your resting heart rate before you step out
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London Marathon: Should You Take The Challenge?
By Runner's World on 23/09/2006 12:57:43
How to tell whether the world's most famous race is for you this time round
."Next time, I would make sure that I had at least one running season under my belt before launching into a marathon build-up, to make sure that I did not have these overtraining injuries."—Lollykins, 7:24:06IndigestionLike so many elements of marathon
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Best Of The Rest
By Melanie McManus on 07/09/2005 12:57:13
What you do when you are not running could be the key to becoming faster
sign of overtraining." Take at least one rest day per week and additional days as needed. Check your pulse for 60 seconds before getting out of bed. If it's 20 per cent higher than normal, you're due for a rest day. If you're training for a marathon
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Your Top Heart Rate Training Tips
By Jj on 25/08/2006 11:39:49
When one RW forum member wondered why she should bother with heart rate training, here's what you said
will elevate, so if you try to maintain a pace you will be overtraining. Who says HR training is just for basetrainers? Try to incorporate speed work within specific HR bands as well."Sodahead agreed: "Complete your easy runs at 70 to 75 per cent Max HR
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Injury-proof your body: calves and shins
By Ted Spiker on 01/05/2007 14:26:20
The calf and shin are pretty simple structures, but their health is key to your running. here's how to take care of yours
(shinbone). Overtraining, improper biomechanics or tightness and weakness in the calf muscles are all contributing factors, says exercise physiologist Janet Hamilton. Typically, this pain strikes when you start to run and stops once you’ve warmed up. If you
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Injury-proof your body: calves and shins (Preview)
By Ted Spiker on 30/04/2007 14:51:29
The calf and shin are pretty simple structures, but their health is key to your running. here's how to take care of yours (Non-subscriber preview)
(shinbone). Overtraining, improper biomechanics or tightness and weakness in the calf muscles are all contributing factors, says exercise physiologist Janet Hamilton. Typically, this pain strikes when you start to run and stops once you’ve warmed up. If you
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BIG Reader to Reader Index
By Runner's World on 13/09/2007 16:53:50
You ask the questions - and give the answers
my work clothes and freshen up when I get there? Does a cool-down jog defeat the point of speed work?How can I build up my stamina? How can I tell if I'm overtraining?What's the best way to find out how far I've run?How should I go about training
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Mind How You Go
By Jj on 06/05/2008 13:28:31
The mental agony of an injury can often be worse than the physical pain - here's how to deal with the psychological hurdle of being sidelined
in perspective. It's probably not terminal. By all means get angry and fed up - and if it was overtraining that led to the injury, learn the lesson! But there are other things in life. Do them for a while.Cross-train. It's unlikely that your running injury
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Runner's Relief: How To Fix Mid-Run Troubles
By Beth Dreher on 15/06/2009 08:12:28
How to beat pounding headaches, sudden allergy attacks and other woes that can strike on the road
runs The diagnosis: If sleep deprivation or overtraining isn't to blame, your iron stores may be low. Iron is necessary for the production of hemoglobin, the protein of red blood cells that carries oxygen to your muscles. Low iron means less hemoglobin
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Women's Health
By Runner's World on 10/09/2009 01:20:44
Acne, osteoporosis, incontinence, menstrual problems - learn more about some of the most common health issues affecting female runners
physical and mental stress of over-training and disordered eating, may not gain these benefits. Several studies have shown women who have disrupted menstrual cycles suffer more stess fractures than their counterparts with normal cycles. These women
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