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Set Realistic Goals And Achieve Them
By Ben Hewitt on 02/01/2007 08:57:17
Improve your sprint finish, injury-proof your body, better your pace... let us help you set realistic goals and show you how to achieve them
-marathon or marathon, practise race pace in one- or two-mile segments as part of longer runs.Pick-Me-Up Pick-ups Once a week, during an easy run, throw in four to six 60-second pick-ups, where you increase your pace to a hard (not all-out) effort. Run easy
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Q+A: How do I help my 10-year-old in his running?
By Bruce Tulloh on 10/09/2000 18:25:37
Our experts answer real-life questions
Q My 10-year-old son has just been picked for his school running team and I have no idea how to help him train. Hes a very active, energetic boy and runs about a mile a week with the school. I realise that hes too young to undertake a
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Q+A: How do I do fartlek?
By Bud Baldaro on 09/09/2000 10:02:10
Our experts answer real-life questions
the easiest or hardest thing you do all week. Its a Swedish term meaning speed play, and it basically consists of fast, medium and slow running over a variety of distances.Heres how a typical fartlek session would work. After a steady warm-up, simply pick
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Speedwork Rules
By Runner's World on 01/06/2002 16:32:54
Remember these 10 tips when you start adding the fast stuff to your running programme
be comfortable running steadily for 30 minutes three to four times a week. 2. Scout out the right courseAvoid traffic and other hazards. Also, shun fast downhill running it looks easy, but its actually tough on the muscles and can quickly lead to injuries.3
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Face Your Running Fears
By Jeff Galloway, Ruth Emmett on 18/10/2010 12:17:41
Don't let anxiety hold you back, unleash your running potential with our guide to overcoming common running fears
be runners who speed past you in a race; as long as you finish within the allotted time, it doesn't matter how fast you run (or walk) the course.I feel stuck in my comfort zone. How will I ever get faster?Once a week, run intervals. First warm up, then pick
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Lucozade Sport Super Six: Helen (sub-4:30)
By Runner's World on 19/12/2008 01:00:37
Follow the progress of Helen, our sub-4:30 hopeful, as she receives expert advice from mentor Nick Anderson
| Helen's Food Diary Analysis | Helen's Training Thread | Helen's Race-Week Nutrition Strategy Flora London Marathon: Race DayHelen says: I've knocked 22 minutes off my marathon PB today, yippee!I really struggled with the heat today, much more than I
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Reader To Reader: Post-Marathon
By Jane Hoskyn on 22/10/2006 14:08:29
Your first marathon is over - how much should you run now? Here's what you thought
"I've just completed my first marathon, peaking at 50 miles per week during my training. I'm now looking to train over the winter and enter numerous events to improve on my PB. What's the best advice you kind folks have on training after your first
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ASICS Target 26.2: Good for Age
By on 21/01/2013 17:19:39
to give up!"Weaknesses: "10ks for some reason. Although I do pick the hilly ones..."About me: "In a year in which I've completed my first half marathons, my first marathon, qualified for World's Toughest Mudder and won my first Parkrun, 2012 has also
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Heart Rate Training: Coming Back From Illness
By Joe Dunbar on 05/06/2000 10:52:31
If you've never been ill or injured, you're in a minority of one. For the rest of us, here's a valuable guide to using your heart rate monitor to get back to speed
to your training partner. Two things govern the time it takes you to regain fitness: the length of time you were injured and the level of pre-injury conditioning you had. In other words, if you'd only been training for six weeks before you were injured
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Beating Exercise Fatigue
By Matt Fitzgerald on 06/03/2007 18:50:48
You know that heavy feeling in your legs that makes you slow down? It starts in your head. Here's how to teach your mind to let you run longer and stronger
is "not much longer", the brain reduces motor output to the muscles and generates those familiar feelings of suffering to reinforce the need to slow down. But when the finish line is within sight, your brain allows you to pick up the pace, knowing
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