building your confidence will pay dividends - not only in terms of your running performance, but in life in general, as well.Optimise your performanceYou'll read a lot about cognitive strategies in sport, but far from focusing on the race at hand, less
.To help make all this happen, here's our first-ever beginners' racing guide. Here, you'll find everything that you need to know – from tips on nutrition and warm-ups, to race-day strategies and recovery techniques. Race DayRace day can be intimidating
of the race. But he didn’t. Today was his day to find out what time he was capable of running. So he didn’t even think about letting up. By mile two, the indiscretion of his early strategy was starting to show. His stride became more determined, his breathing
enthusiasm as well as your feet. Running in the dark is a necessity if you work from dawn till dusk or you’re training for a night-time race such as a New Year’s Eve event. Whether you’re heading out early or late, follow these easy strategies to stay safe
-by-step guide to the perfect race weekend.Quell the butterflies with these tried-and-tested strategies to beating race-day nerves.Smart pacing can make the difference between triumph and disaster (non-subscriber preview). Race-day bliss - eight keys to racing
Street Party: 8,000 runners line up at the startSix hours, 42 kilometres, 23 glasses of wine. Not my normal race strategy, but then this was not a normal race. The festival of wine and running that is the Medoc Marathon used to be a well
are between eight and 12 years old. Vice-president Nigel Rigg says that this is a deliberate strategy, and one that they plan to continue. "The club has a group initiative known as the Schools Partnership, where all the club coaches go round all the schools
confidence will pay dividends - not only in terms of your running performance, but in life in general, as well.Optimise your performanceYou'll read a lot about cognitive strategies in sport, but far from focusing on the race at hand, less experienced distance
on marathon day the primary products he will be making use of are body fuel before and during the race and carbohydrate gels every three miles during the race. He is well practiced with this strategy and confident that as long as he is disciplined with his
carbohydrate per hour, which is well within these guidelines. Q. At what point in a race should I take my last gel? Is there a point when there’s not enough time left for the body to benefit from it? Pies and Salad A. It’s never too late, because it can
