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Alice's Cyprus International 4-day Challenge blog: Arrival
By Alice Palmer on 24/11/2011 14:30:59
Runnersworld.co.uk Editor Alice Palmer heads to Cyprus for some winter sun - with a seriously tough stage race thrown in.
Hello! Welcome to my Cyprus International 4-day Challenge blog. The Challenge is a stage race held in the Akamas peninsula of Cyprus, taking in four very different races - and I'll be blogging throughout.My runningI've been running for about four
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Cheer Here - RW Forumites at the Virgin London Marathon
By Alice Palmer on 11/04/2012 10:00:00
The Runner's World supporters at Mile 17 have cheered on many a marathon runner - find out how it works and how to get involved
of time and effort to organise is wonderful when you see the runners' grateful, sweaty faces. As someone who has tried but never managed to run the distance, those who run the VLM deserve a big cheer!"Who organises it?A host of forumites help co
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Alice's Cyprus International 4-day Challenge blog: 6K Time Trial
By Alice Palmer on 25/11/2011 20:27:37
chance to get warmed up, used to running in the heat - and to check out the competition. In 2009 I'd felt chuffed with my 9 minute/mile pace in the 6K, which would put me in the main pack of most of the big city races I'd done back in the UK. In Cyprus
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Phase It In: How To Periodise Your Training
By Alice Palmer on 17/08/2009 12:52:03
Get the best out of your training time with a little forward planning
precisely once every four years - when it mattered. As Viren himself said, "Some do well in other races, some run fast times, but they cannot do well in the ultimate, the Olympics … The question is not why I run this way, but why so many cannot."Dr Marco
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New Year, New You: Setting Goals
By Alice Palmer on 01/01/2010 16:00:57
If you find yourself picking - and then failing to achieve - the same goals year after year, it's time to master the art of effective goal-setting
Sports psychologists often divide objectives into three different types:Technical process goals relate to the technique of your sport (for example running a negative split, or mastering forefoot striking).Outcome goals reflect your overall placing
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Pocket Race Guide - May
By Alice Palmer on 30/04/2009 10:47:12
Featuring... Hinckley Half-Marathon, South Cheshire 20, Heroes 10K, Ramsbury Circuit 5, Raby Castle 10K, Saab Salomon Turbo X Surrey Hill
at the home of British motor-racing - the first fixture in the eight-race East Midlands Grand Prix Series. -- Leeds 10K - Jane Tomlinson 'Run For All' Filling Up Fast…St Albans Half-Marathon (Hertfordshire, June 14) Get ready for a
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Mind Over Matter: Race-Day Psychology
By Alice Palmer on 22/07/2009 12:32:09
From pre-race nerves to the final kick, channel your brainpower into peak racing performance
GETTY IMAGES You've followed your training schedule to the letter, successfully dodged injury and illness in the run-up to the big day and all of a sudden you're lining up at the start. Get your head
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Win Saucony Kinvara shoes at the Virgin London Marathon Expo!
By Alice Palmer on 18/04/2012 10:56:50
Get your mitts on a pair of Kinvaras - all you need is the secret code...
It's our favourite week of the year - Virgin London Marathon week! To celebrate, we've teamed up with Saucony to give you the chance to win a pair of Kinvara 3 running shoes.Rather than the usual competition page on the site, we've decided to tap
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Andrew Lemoncello: Q&A
By Alice Palmer on 26/04/2010 08:00:00
Hot from his marathon debut, we caught up with Andrew Lemoncello - the first Briton across the line in the 2010 Virgin London Marathon
.Thanks! I'm feeling absolutely fine - my legs aren't sore. That's the annoying thing - I wanted to be sore, knowing that I had run really fast, but it didn't pan out that way.Q. How did you find the experience of running your first marathon? You were running
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Pocket Race Guide - October
By Alice Palmer on 25/09/2009 16:20:07
Featuring... Badger Bite 4, Henley Half-Marathon, Gin Pit 5, Richmond Castle 10K, Welcombe Wobbler 10K, Trionium Greensand Marathon, East Coast 10K, Over The Hills 12K
Closing Soon...Cheltenham 10K (Gloucestershire, October 3) Bask in a grandstand finish at this new 10K, held within the Cheltenham Race Course grounds - home of horse racing's famous Gold Cup.Highgate 5K Fun Run (London, October 4) Scale
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