UAN: 178 Article type:--It’s a common scenario. “I trained harder for this one than I ever have before,” says the disbelieving runner, head bowed after a disappointing race. The reason? Quite simply, your body will let you train harder than

resting heart rate.If you’re ill, tired, stressed or not fully recovered from a race or hard session, you may well see that your resting heart rate is higher than your baseline level. This is your body’s way of sending you warning signals, and you should

that your heart rate is slightly higher than normal when running at your usual pace. This may be accompanied by an increase in resting heart rates. Both these increases are probably caused by a couple of days' hard training, or perhaps by a race or track

, youll have to do a little work and some measurement with your heart rate monitor. But its not as straightforward as taking a peak reading from a race or a hard training session, no matter how exhausted you might make yourself. When it comes to your heart

If you want to run faster on race day, there comes a point where you have to run faster in training. Long, steady runs are fine for improving your base endurance and threshold runs are great for boosting your aerobic efficiency, but to cap

exercise, or you’ll feel a sudden, stabbing pain in the knee while running, which eases off when you rest. Sitting with your knees bent prior to a race can make things worse, as can running on hills or hard surfaces.SignsDespite the acute pain, your joint

Q I had a couple of years without racing, and then took up speedwork again 11 months ago. But even though I’m back up to 40-50 miles a week (from 15-25) and doing speed sessions (typically 6 x 1 mile with four-minute jog recoveries, or 16 x 400m

self-esteem is higher when we are running well. If you are building up for a big race in 12 weeks time, the best period for a training camp is in the third or fourth week, so that you can build on the increased fitness in later weeks. The fact that you

and Wednesdays, the low-mileage group didn’t run, while the high-mileage group ran for 45 minutes.Race Day ResultsAt the end of the 18 weeks, the runners in both groups had nearly identical statistics:Exactly the same reduction in percentage of body-fat (10 per

’were ’is next door neighbours, like. To make things worse, he were sick on their cat.”“Aye. He ran a crackin’ race next day though. Knocked three seconds of t’ Commonwealth 10,000m record, as I recall.”“Four, actually.”“Ah,” says the angel on my left