’re all unnecessary fears. What’s more, whether you want to beat an ancient 800m PB set on the grass track at school, or outkick the runner who always sprints past you in local 10Ks, adding speed will be immensely rewarding.Speedwork doesn’t just make you
the carb-loading low-down with these simple dos and don'ts.Rest and RecoveryBecome a better runner even after you've pulled off your trainers with these quick and easy recovery tips.Core StabilityA strong core will make you fitter and faster, as well
- is to run the final fast stint as strongly as the first one. If you have a race in mind, try to build up to running each repetition at race pace (or faster for half-marathons, marathons and very fit runners).A simple session is to have equal-length efforts
) recoveries, improving to 5K pace with 100m jog recoveries (30-40 sec). Or as fartlek, 15 x 60-90sec with 30- to 60-sec jog recoveries.How often to race in marathon training?Hilly How many races should a runner do during marathon training? Mike Gratton I
that thinking of time can prevent you tearing round your training routes at breakneck speed trying to set a PB. This can ensure that your recovery runs actually provide the rest and recuperation all runners need. 7. Build a base You cant fire a cannon out
the contour of the foot won almost unanimous praise from our testers. This latest shoe continued the line's impressive track record – the previous model, the Gel Kayano 14, was voted the International Editors' Choice 2008 by the staff of Runner's World's 14
individual is so different. Symptoms are so different in each person, and there is no one set recovery plan or definition.Overtraining should probably be called "under resting", as we can all manage different training loads. It's how we recover from hard
at five per cent) and reduce your recovery to three or four minutes.Benefit Conditions you to attack on hills and makes you an explosive hill runner.Bounding up HillsAfter a thorough warm-up, ‘bound’ up the same hill you use for your intervals. As you run
of Runner's World just like you. If you want to bring a discussion back to life, don't be shy: just add a new message at the end of it. Alternatively, start a new thread on the training forum. TRAINING: GENERALGeneralCross-country and trail running - how
of the paces is likely to be slightly too fast or too slow.Jog recovery - a period of extremely slow running in between the efforts in a speed session:Easy - Easy - a gentle jog at below 75% maximum heart rate (MHR):Slow - conversational pace (73-78% MHR