in mind. Whether you're in need of inspiration or even if can't face a proper meal before a run, there is something here to fuel your session and set you up for the day. HOMEMADE AND HEALTHY Take a little time to make your own cereal and you'll dodge
Leaving on a jet plane for an overseas event? Lucky you! Here’s how to make sure you hit the ground running and avoid having a racing holiday from hell. Bon voyage!BEFORE YOU GOGetting A VisaWithout the correct visa you might never get off
targets for a range of distances, pop a recent race time into our Training Pace Calculator. Speedwork Rules Remember these 10 tips when you start adding the fast stuff to your running programme. Your First Speed Sessions Ease into harder training
? If so, how and what are the implications for those of us who finish races far behind? Is there an ideal age to run your best marathon? We posed these questions to top physiologists, statisticians, coaches and elite athletes. Their answers paint a
and can only read one article, make it this one: 10 Ways To 5K Success (non-subscriber preview) One distance – some very different approaches. We’ve got 5K wisdom for racers with aims from run-walk to record time.BEGINNERS 5K is a perfectly manageable
is such that your fingers and thumb are glued together, don't let the thumb stray to grip further out. The 'Bikram grip' is all about thumbs and fingers together.5. Inhale to secure your grip, and tip your weight forward into the balls of your feet. It feels like
Most triathletes come from a running or biking background, so it's no surprise that the swim is usually the part of the race triathletes like least. Pool swimming generally poses few problems but taking to the open water is another matter
to Train, at www.coachcarl.comREFINE YOUR MOTOR SKILLS...For the swim you practise pulls and kicks. For the run you do strides and form drills. But for the bike, practising specific skills is rare, and that's a mistake, says Cantrell, who suggests
swimming too near to others. Remember also that it is very easy to push someone slightly to give you more space. By pushing someone in the hips they will move quite easily away from you. A final tip is to wear your goggles under your swim hat. That way
from injury you can maintain your resistance workouts with aqua jogging. "It removes the high impact associated with running but recruits and trains similar muscles," says Lane.2. Calculate your maximum heart rate accuratelyWomen's hearts
