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Balancing Acts
By Bob Cooper on 05/06/2002 12:07:15
Is running overwhelming your life? Is life overwhelming your running? Here's how to bring balance into your routine to stay healthy and happy
and faster runs. This may mean shifting between 10- and eight-minute miling, or between eight-minute/mile pace and weekly speed sessions. It’s the contrast that’s important. Running fast all the time can lead to injuries; always going slow can lead
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Small Is Bountiful
By Mark Remy on 02/04/2004 11:28:45
Small changes, big rewards: 29 simple tips for training smarter and racing better
yourself through discomfort and still maintain your pace.” Time savings: 2-4 seconds per hill Run Through The Line – AgainRemember how you’ve been pushing hard past the line during all those speed sessions? Here’s why.Time savings 1-2 seconds Total time
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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
; so is running with a crowd that's too quick. So allow more recovery in the future, or pick a slower group next time and accept that it may take a while to get up to speed to run with the cheetahs. On the other hand, you might just be having an off day
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Camp Rocks
By Alice Palmer on 04/12/2008 11:55:11
Worried that training camps are strictly for elite athletes only? Think again
– you've got ready-made running partners!"Tortoise or hare?Training camps are welcoming to runners of every speed and ability – at the RW spring camp, for example, a lap system on the long run means that each runner can complete as many loops
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Running Resolutions You Can Keep
By Runner's World on 21/12/2002 00:40:31
Pick three or four of these changes, stick to them, and watch the difference!
positive effect on your fitness.I resolve to Read my heart rate monitor manualWhy? Heart rate monitors arent just fancy stopwatches. Theyre an incredibly useful and practical training tool. They can help you recover properly during speed sessions, run
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Beat The Clock
By Doug Renie on 06/09/2004 08:17:15
Finding the time to fit running into daily life used to be hard... until now
get stronger, but leaner, too. Alternating fast and slow running not only builds running strength and speed, it also burns more fat. What's more, according to a 2001 study in Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise, alternating fast and slow
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New Year, New You: 20 Running Resolutions
By Alice Palmer on 01/01/2010 15:50:00
20 simple ideas to help you get more from your favourite sport
If you don't have a big race in your sights, it can be hard to stay focused. Challenge yourself, or join others with weekly, monthly or annual mileage targets. By setting yourself a mileage challenge you can combine the motivation of having a target
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Ceal Of Approval
By Catherine Lee on 19/06/2007 11:33:18
RW forumite Ceal talks to us about life as the UK's premier LV65
she will battle it out for the 5,000m and 10,000m international titles. A natural successOne of the most remarkable aspects of Ceal’s achievement is undoubtedly the speed with which she’s risen to the top. Indeed, other than training for a half
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The Power of Positive Thinking
By on 18/11/2009 12:44:09
Your physical preparation for a triathlon will be meaningless unless you believe in yourself. There's no room for doubt on the big day
factors might include successful training sessions in the run-up to the race; that you felt well rested and had eaten nourishing foods; that it was a bright, sunny day; and that the course was flat and fast. Or you might have been feeling good about
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Shortcuts To Success
By Alisa Bauman, Rebecca Lageman and Steven Seaton on 10/05/2002 15:56:13
From start to finish, here are 40 ways for you to improve your running
speedwork sessions, my pace suddenly improved on my easy and medium-effort runs, says Nick Troop, RUNNERS WORLD Publisher.34. Give yourself permission to slow down When I became aware that endurance was what I was after not speed I slowed down and ran
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