. They’re about controlling hard efforts and spreading your energy evenly over a set distance or time, just like you would in a perfect race. Warm up and warm down Before each session, jog for at least 8-10 minutes to raise your blood temperature

were broadly considered as zero.The magnitude of Coe’s task was immense. Even now, with the benefit of 32 years’ hindsight, a Coe victory in the 1500m looks as unlikely as his defeat in the 800m – a defeat that meant he had raced his great rival Steve

likely to suffer if you fall out of a window while you're drunk or if you're still trussed up and tied to a tree in the middle of nowhere when the race is due to start. – VelociraptorWear St George kneepadsYou might be risking a twisted ankle, or some

’s quicker to do that than choke myself on the water and lose more time that way. – cougieMaster the make-a-spout techniqueIf I get a cup of water in a race, I generally tip out half of it, squeeze the cup in the middle to make a spout, sip a couple

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burst you might choose a target that’s just 100m away and sprint to it flat out. Then for the next hard run you’ll see something 800m away and stride towards it at your 5K race pace.It’s entirely up to you how hard or easy you make the session. Unlike

distance race he ever entered as a teenager. He obviously had legs, guts, and stamina from the go.He also won a more recent running race. This time it was a run-bike-run affair called the Dirty Duathlon in Rocky Hill, Texas, back in December 2002

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