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Summer Racing Shoes: Reviews
By on 09/07/2012 12:00:00
Racing shoes aren’t just for elites. Get yourself kitted out and leave your competitors in your dust.
Some running kit can look intimidating, and snazzy racing shoes are a prime example. But there’s no mystery here: they’re simply a stripped-down shoe designed to make you go faster on race day. No matter what your size, shape or level of experience
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Race Day! Target 26.2 2012
By on 17/10/2012 17:25:25
As ASICS Target 26.2 2013 gets underway, find out how our fab five from our 2012 project fared at the 2012 Paris Marathon.
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Wind-down Merchants
By Nick Anderson on 13/09/2012 10:00:00
Tapering for a half-marathon should begin two weeks out from race day
-marathon ideally begins two weeks out from race day, but your last longer run (and in some cases longest) should be, at closest, three weeks before the race.Assuming your preparation has not been interrupted by injury, your body will have adapted to a regular
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Last Chance to Enter the Bupa Great South Run
By on 01/06/2012 16:39:15
Get in there quick to snap up the last few race places
Race places are getting snapped up quickly for the Bupa Great South Run, so make sure you reserve your spot. A staggering 25,000 runners will take on this event on October 28 – and there are only 3,500 places left. We took part in the race a few
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First Triathlon - the Dos and Don'ts
By Graham Taylor on 28/06/2012 09:00:00
Discover the lessons learnt as one novice makes his race debut
fears, borrow a bike and make his triathlon debut. He didn’t listen to all our advice – we’d definitely recommend starting bike training more than a week before the race, for example – but he somehow overcame his lack of training and dismal
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The Countdown to Kona
By Katie Hiscock on 09/10/2012 10:53:32
Get set for triathlon’s toughest race this weekend – and if watching it on the TV isn’t enough, get inspired to sign up to an Ironman race yourself
Next Saturday 13 October all eyes will be on Kona, Hawaii for the headline event in the triathlon endurance racing calendar: the Ironman World Championship.The raceHeld since 1978, the annual Ironman World Championship or ‘Ironman Hawaii
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Weight Training for Triathlon
By AJ Johnson on 31/05/2012 10:00:00
To lift or not to lift? Find out how building muscle could sharpen your race performance
outside the gym – how much and how often? As I said, it’s complicated.Strength is defined as power over time, a core component of racing at all distances. It is needed not only to hammer a 40K bike, but also to power through choppy water and prevent
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TW Interviews: Mark Kleanthous
By Freya Carr on 09/07/2012 13:00:00
Soak up the training and racing secrets of a seasoned competitor with more than 420 triathlons under his belt
the race – and only if you provided a self-addressed envelope. The profile of triathlon has also grown enormously; most people know about triathlon now and watch it on television. In 1983 very few people knew what a triathlon involved.What has been
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Bupa Great North Run Index 2012
By on 10/09/2012 12:08:00
Everything you should be reading before taking part in the 2012 Bupa Great North Run, including half-marathon training advice, race-day tips and essential event guide
Getty ImagesIf you're one of the 55,000+ runners gearing up to pound the streets of Newcastle on September 16 then this page is just for you! From nipping race-morning nerves in the bud, to trouble-free transport to supporter hotspots, we've pulled
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All you can eat
By on 01/06/2012 12:17:51
Eating right is as important as training well. So we will give you all the nutritional tools you could ever need to eat the right foods in the correct amounts – in training, on race day and whenever you’re peckish
Picture the scene: you set off for the final leg of your first Olympic-distance race of the season, feeling good, on course for a PB, but after 5K your legs turn to jelly. You’ve taken on plenty of water on the bike and it’s not particularly hot
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