Never underestimate the power of a good walk – and not just as a mid-run break. ‘Going for a “pure walk” – no running at all – allows your body to make small adaptations that strengthen your feet, knees and hips,’ explains coach Jeff Galloway. Long
A Scottish GP has run 7 ultra-marathons on 7 continents in 5 days, 13 hours, 28 minutes beating the existing record by almost a day and a half. Andrew Murray, 32, of Edinburgh started his epic challenge in Antarctica where he battled extreme sub
such as the Nike Fuelband aren’t really supposed to compete with GPS running watches, heart rate monitors or cycling computers in terms of accuracy. Instead it can be used for any sport to motivate people to improve their lifestyle and keep active. In traditional
.Strengths: "Focus, enthusiasm, will-power and the continuing desire to keep improving and succeed. Running gives me a feel good factor that I'm addicted to (imagine a dog with its head stuck out of a car window - that's me running!)" Weaknesses: "Diet; namely real
for well over 10 years before attempting their first marathon. I regret running my first marathon aged just 18. I trained well for a few months after leaving school but wasn’t ready, started too fast and much of the last 10K was walked. I ran 2
. Gratifyingly, even race-winner Idrissa was spotted run-walking a little here. Using a run-limp-walk-shuffle system of my own, I reached the finish line and accepted my wooden race medal. I’d added a full hour to my marathon best time, but making it to the end
all day with work and it's hard to get comfortable. In your opinion is it harmful to continuing running with lower back pain? Do you subscribe to the view that pain when walking = no running? - Tempo TomA12) Simple! You need to get your stiff
Apologies for not posting another blog sooner. Injuries, slower pace and thus more time on my feet running (shuffling) has meant less time for doing this sort of thing. Here’s a summary of days 3-6:Day three: Barnsley to Chesterfield
on the left hand side. During my long runs I start getting aches and numbness down the top of my leg and as the run gets longer the front. The numbness has stopped me doing any tempo work but I have managed to keep plodding out on long runs but need to stretch
