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Face Your Running Fears
By Jeff Galloway, Ruth Emmett on 18/10/2010 12:17:41
Don't let anxiety hold you back, unleash your running potential with our guide to overcoming common running fears
The chances are, when you started running, your goal was simple - run more, walk less. Inevitably, as you progress, you expect more from yourself. But some runners avoid stepping up the intensity, citing a range of anxieties. Here's how to free
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Beat Your Running Fears
By Bob Cooper on 22/11/2011 10:00:00
Whatever your running fears, we'll help you take control and conquer them one-by-one
What are your running fears? Injury? Hitting the wall? When the anxiety monster rears its ugly head, here's how to beat it - or even make it work for you.Beat your racing fears.Beat your training fears. Beat your health fears.
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Beat Your Health Fears
By Bob Cooper on 22/11/2011 10:00:00
Knock down your injury fears and keep running whatever the terrain or temperature
in distance running" Bill Dellinger, running coach and triple OlympianThe Fear: Not Losing WeightThe Fix: Check Your Diet DiaryRunning does burn calories. Lots of them, in fact. It also increases your metabolic rate for 14 hours after you stop, according
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Inside Knowledge
By Martha Schindler on 24/11/2003 17:23:14
If you can't face chilly winter runs, fear not - gym'll fix it...
routines designed to take 20, 40 or 60 minutes, depending on the time you have. These sessions are simple, effective and each comes with running (Plan As) and non-running options (Plan Bs), in case you’re in the mood for a little variety. If you don’t have
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Beat Your Training Fears
By Bob Cooper on 22/11/2011 10:00:00
Face your training demons and emerge a relaxed and confident runner
The Fear: Falling BehindThe Fix: Close the Gap QuicklyAt some point, every runner gets dropped, whether it's on a long, hard run or in the heat of track repeats. Stiffness or fatigue from a recent workout is a legitimate reason for not keeping up
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Beat Your Racing Fears
By Bob Cooper on 22/11/2011 10:00:00
Blitz those race-day nerves and shine with confidence at your next event
you run into a wall, climb it, go through it or work around it" Michael JordanThe Fear: Not Getting into a Key RaceThe Fix: Plenty more Fish...Remember that London and New York are just two marathons among hundreds. OK, so London filled its 125,000
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Open Water: Panic Attacks
By Jacqueline Wood on 09/05/2011 10:00:00
If you have concerns about swimming in open water – dark, cold, deep open water – you’re not alone
being very cold, I was fine. It didn't take long to realise that my body had simply been reacting to the extremely cold water, and that I'd made things much worse by panicking. Fear breeds fearOnce I understood this I tried to shake off my mid
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Open Water: Panic Attacks (Preview)
By Jacqueline Wood on 09/05/2011 10:00:00
If you have concerns about swimming in open water - dark, cold, deep open water - you're not alone
being very cold, I was fine. It didn't take long to realise that my body had simply been reacting to the extremely cold water, and that I'd made things much worse by panicking. Fear breeds fearOnce I understood this I tried to shake off my mid
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Commonwealth Games 2010: The runnersworld.co.uk Guide
By Dominique Brady on 28/09/2010 16:46:16
Collapsing structures, athletes withdrawing and Dengue fever fears - it's all been kicking off in Delhi. We've got all you need to know ahead of the 2010 Commonwealth Games.
Games it's not a holiday, it's another championships and you have to go out there and do well." England have finished second in the medal table in the last three Games, with 110 medals in 2006 and 166 in 2002. "Maintaining our second place spot
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TW Interviews: Chrissie Wellington
By on 11/11/2011 10:00:00
Britain's greatest ever triathlete, Chrissie Wellington reveals her deep-rooted fear of losing and the inner strength that propels her to victory
from a bike accident the week before.Then there's her Ironman World Record, which she set on her first Challenge Roth race in 2009 and she has smashed every year on the course since - it now stands at a jaw-dropping 8:18:13. We could be forgiven
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