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The Seeds of Speed
By Owen Anderson on 01/11/2002 17:19:50
What really builds your speed? Here are the technical secrets of how to make your body work for you
UAN: 175 Article type:--All endurance athletes want greater speed but few get it. The problem is that most runners dont fully understand the physiological basis of speed and therefore dont know how to carry out the systematic training required
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RW's Ultimate Speed-Training Programme (Preview)
By Doug Rennie on 04/07/2005 15:20:23
After following our three-week speed-training programme, you'll have pace to burn (Non-subscriber preview)
This much is true: your genetic make up puts a ceiling on your speed. How many "slow" and "fast" twitch fibres you're born with determines whether you will be a Linford Christie clone or a counterfeit Steve Cram, but that doesn’t mean you’re a
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Your First Speed Sessions
By Runner's World on 01/06/2002 16:28:42
Ease into faster running with these introductory sessions
Ease into faster running with these introductory sessions:1. Easy fartlekFartlek, or speed play, is variable-paced running that emphasises creativity. During a 30-minute run, choose objects to run to lamp-posts, trees, buildings, other runners
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Speed: what really works?
By Runner's World on 30/05/2006 17:50:30
With so many speedwork options, how can you get the best return from your effort?
pace precisely what many runners do when they run intervals of 800-2,400m. Interval training should be the first weapon in your speed arsenal. Paton and Hopkins found that "supramaximal intervals" (fast intervals that last 30 seconds or less) also led
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Speed: what really works? (Preview)
By Runner's World on 30/05/2006 18:06:51
With so many speedwork options, how can you get the best return for your effort? (Non-subscriber preview)
pace precisely what many runners do when they run intervals of 800-2,400m. Interval training should be the first weapon in your speed arsenal. Paton and Hopkins found that "supramaximal intervals" (fast intervals that last 30 seconds or less) also led
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Q+A: Why don't I get breathless in speed sessions?
By Bud Baldaro on 09/09/2002 17:45:51
Our experts answer real-life questions
Q How do speed sessions benefit me? I’ve tried things like 400m repetitions at 5K pace, but as I never seem to be out of breath at the end of the session, surely they’re not doing me any good?A Many people think that they only need to do interval
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Q+A: How can I recover my speed after time off?
By George Gandy on 09/09/2000 10:02:10
Our experts answer real-life questions
Q I had a couple of years without racing, and then took up speedwork again 11 months ago. But even though Im back up to 40-50 miles a week (from 15-25) and doing speed sessions (typically 6 x 1 mile with four-minute jog recoveries, or 16 x 400m
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Q+A: I only have one pace. How can I speed up?
By Steve Smythe on 09/09/2002 17:45:51
Our experts answer real-life questions
Q Ive completed a couple of 10Ks and half-marathons, but worry that I only seem to have one pace. I want to run faster so Ive tried adding tempo runs to my schedule. But when I make a conscious effort to speed up during a run, I soon find I have
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Reader To Reader: The Cool-Down Debate
By Jane Hoskyn on 20/01/2007 14:08:14
Does a cool-down jog defeat the point of speed work? Certainly not, according to clued-up RW readers
This week's question comes from a club runner whose coach thinks that cooling down defeats the object of speed work. Our correspondent isn't so sure. Let's just say that you knew where you stood on this one, and it wasn't with the coach..."I wonder
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RW's 60-Second Guides: Speedwork
By Runner's World on 24/10/2005 10:53:00
If 500 words is 400 too many, you need our 60-second guides. Shallow but helpful, with five articles to print and read...
. This is called fartlek, or 'speed-play'. Focus on staying in control.After a couple of weeks, set yourself a lap that takes one to three minutes. Start with three, four or five repetitions, depending on your fitness. Your first goal - as for all speedwork
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