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Reload to race
By on 03/04/2013 15:44:10
Conclude your taper with a burst of intensity to sharpen your racing edge
In principle, tapering should be simple – run less so you’re rested for race day. In practice, many athletes find two to three weeks of cutting back on mileage and intensity makes their legs feel heavy and lifeless. But Spanish coach
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Race-day disasters!
By Selene Yeager on 03/04/2013 11:55:33
We runners are planners. We pick races, plot strategies and work hard for weeks, months, years, to hit our goals.
Yet too often disaster strikes on race day – we’re hobbled by cramp, gutted by stomach distress or hampered by unforeseen demons. To help you dodge all this, runners have shared their tales of race days gone bad. For the common horror stories, our
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Race-day disasters! (Preview)
By Selene Yeager on 03/04/2013 12:38:12
We runners are planners. We pick races, plot strategies and work hard for weeks, months, years, to hit our goals.
Yet too often disaster strikes on race day – we’re hobbled by cramp, gutted by stomach distress or hampered by unforeseen demons. To help you dodge all this, runners have shared their tales of race days gone bad. For the common horror stories, our
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Vodcast: Dealing with race-day demons
By on 26/03/2013 13:10:19
ASICS Pro Team pyschologist Victor Thompson gives his advice on handling tough parts of the race.
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Vodcast: Handling post-race emotions
By on 26/03/2013 13:38:11
Post-race emotions can be a mixed affair - sports psychologist Victor offers his tips on how to deal with them.
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Race Day!: Target 26.2
By Katie Hiscock on 22/04/2013 16:18:58
After four months of training and plenty of blood, sweat and tears along the way, find out how our runners fared at the Paris Marathon.
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Interview: Danny Howard
By on 25/02/2013 17:01:06
The Radio 1 DJ on motivational beats, marathon plans and racing on two hours' kip
, and it is just unworkable because either because she’s too slow, or she wants to stop to take a breather! Plus I like to listen to music and she likes to talk.Have you got any more races planned in future?My job makes it pretty difficult at the moment
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VLM: Your tips
By on 18/04/2013 16:00:14
With the Virgin London Marathon just around the corner, we asked seasoned VLM runners what advice they'd offer for Sunday's race.
[View the story "VLM your tips" on Storify]
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Build your model marathon
By Pete Pfitzinger on 25/03/2013 14:18:30
You’ve done the hard work. Now here’s everything you need, piece by piece, to maximise your performance: from the perfect warm-up, pace and fuel strategies, to how to physically and mentally handle every part of race day.
Marathon preparation means months of meticulous planning and diligent training to get you in peak condition. But if you don’t also have a precise plan for the race itself, you won’t get the best results from all that hard work. How should you warm
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Personal Best awards 2013
By on 24/04/2013 17:18:30
Drumroll please! After another 12 months of great running products, services and races, the readers of Runner’s World and runnersworld.co.uk have cast their votes. Here’s your choice of the running industry’s top performers.
MARATHONThe wide promenade that runs along the Brighton seafront is made for running – so it’s no surprise that it plays host to several races of varying distances throughout the year, including this much-loved but sometimes hit-and-miss 13.1-miler. Despite
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