capacity."Dr Owen Anderson, running researcher18. Don't force it"Overly aggressive stretching can actually increase your injury risk."Tim Noakes, author of Lore of RunningADVANCED TRAINING19. Mind not grind"Any idiot can train himself into the ground
them clip as much as two minutes off a 10-mile time or six minutes off a marathon. Other research, carried out by Dr Bengt Saltin, discovered that runners who trained on hills have much higher concentrations of aerobic enzymes – the chemicals which
. No one has explained to my satisfaction why I can run a marathon with apparent ease and later struggle to get through a three-mile run. Despite all the research and opinions, I’ve decided that no one really knows.Doctors, coaches and sports physiologists
opportunities that Masters racing offers. Those childhood dreams of wearing your country's colours might just come true.Berenice BakerTHE SHIRT Race For Life, 2003I've kept every Cancer Research Race for Life T-shirt I've ever received. Unlike some race T
the speed to race comfortably. Knowing you've completed a number of race-specific sessions also gives you the confidence to perform well on race day.Fast FixesResearch any race you plan to run and consider all of the race variables, not just race distance
physiologist Jonathan Dugas, co-author of the blog Science of Sport (sportsscientists.com). Researchers call this sensation a rating of perceived exertion (PE). You feel it as fatigue in your legs, tightness in your chest, soreness in your muscles, aching
. These physiological changes inevitably alter marathon performance. Though individuals will age differently, studies indicate that beyond about age 35, endurance performance declines by about five to 15 per cent per decade, says Dieter Leyk, a researcher
:53.After the event the charity I was being sponsored for (Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation) were brilliant. In stormed St John's Ambulance, quickly followed by the London Ambulance Service and I was whisked off to St. Thomas' Hospital where I
bravery and positive attitude was so humbling when I saw him last year, and this memory willed me to ignore my knees, and gave me a little of his determination. My chosen charity was Cancer Research UK, as both my parents died of cancer, plus three
afterwards. Having a lovely massage from the Cancer Research Team and a wonderful cup of tea! Strangers coming up and congratulating me personally in the streets afterwards! Guinness in the pub after and my Mum having a roast ready for me for when I finally
