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Finish Fine
By Dr Victor Thompson on 18/11/2009 12:32:03
As the triathlon season draws to a close it's only natural to feel a little deflated, but with these tips and tactics you'll be able to come back even stronger next year
to maintain your fitness and have some fun. Scenic cyclosportives (long-distance bike events) abound at this time of year. Alternatively, you could enter an adventure race or improve your personal best in a bike time trial or running race. Dusting off your
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Heroes of Running 2008 - Winners
By Runner's World on 23/04/2008 17:21:26
Join us in recognising the outstanding individuals who make us exceptionally proud of our sport
so much support, friendship and awe-inspiring guts to the sport, motivating the thousands of runners they meet both at races and on the runnersworld.co.uk forums.The Fundraiser Eric Hardwick Eric Hardwick is not your average charity fundraiser
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Become A British Age-Group Athlete
By Simon Griffiths on 18/11/2009 12:20:46
If you're looking for a new triathlon challenge - and after a while, you're going to want one - you could try for a place in a GB age-group team
years."There is no doubt competition is becoming increasingly intense. If an event we organise has World Championship-qualifying status, lots of entrants and fierce racing are guaranteed," he says. Vine agrees: "Twenty years ago, anyone who finished
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Meet The UK's Paratriathletes
By Simon Griffiths on 19/11/2009 15:52:05
Paratriathlon is becoming the sport of choice for disabled athletes and may even be a Paralympic sport in 2016. We investigate the reasons for its success and talk to some of the UK's finest paratriathletes
Paratriathlon's popularity is skyrocketing. Last year there were more than 350 triathlon race starts by paratriathletes in the UK, an increase of an astonishing 500 per cent on the 2006 race season. And these numbers probably underestimate total
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Vets In Practice
By Alison Hamlett on 07/02/2006 14:51:39
The passage of time need not slow you down. These three veterans are more golden than olden
us will see a big ‘V’ next to our name when we enter a race. You can’t turn back the years but becoming older doesn’t necessarily mean running slower. These three veteran runners are still improving well into their 40s and 50s.Typical training week
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Ironman Podcasts
By Alison King on 18/11/2009 12:15:06
In the beginning, training for an Ironman was a lonely business for the elite few who chose the sport, but as more and more people became involved, technology began to catch up with their needs and has helped change the way triathletes train
years," says Hancock. "So it isn't so much the technical stuff - much of which is fairly familiar - more the buzz on who's doing what, how international races differ and particularly the interviews, which I enjoy for their depth, variety and insight
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Ceal Of Approval
By Catherine Lee on 19/06/2007 11:33:18
RW forumite Ceal talks to us about life as the UK's premier LV65
that year. I knew it was a good time, but if someone else had been told they were the only runner so that’s why they won a prize – well, it’s humiliating."For Ceal though, hanging up her racing shoes is still a distant prospect. In fact, she’s already lined
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Reader To Reader: My Son Has Discovered Running
By Jane Hoskyn on 06/01/2007 15:40:20
If your child is showing a new-found love for running, how do you encourage them without overdoing it?
itI started running at age nine, and am still running now – 19 years later. With my club as a junior, I used to train twice a week (Monday and Wednesday) and then race in cross-country or on the track in the summer, or go out for my own run. My
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Get Up And Go
By Marlene Cimons on 05/06/2002 12:04:22
Motivation is always a challenge - unless you know the one key secret
in until 6.30 on Saturday mornings. In the winter it’s usually dark when they start running. More often that not, it’s raining. When the trio began running together four years ago, one of their routes ended with a very steep 400-metre hill. For a time, none
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UK's Best Running Club 2010: The Winner
By on 23/04/2010 09:13:54
We reveal who won our UK's Best Running Club Award 2010, sponsored by New Balance
-Marathon, with 700 runners in November. The race has raised £20,000 for charity in the last four years. The club also helped organise two Stevenage Race For Life 5Ks last July, and helps out at the London Marathon each year. Chris Leigh says the club is proud
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