runners had trained hard and were mentally prepared for the challenge but the pair adopted completely different approaches to race strategies.Radcliffe set the pace, as she had in all her previous marathons, daring the other runners to keep up with her
enthusiasm as well as your feet. Running in the dark is a necessity if you work from dawn till dusk or you’re training for a night-time race such as a New Year’s Eve event. Whether you’re heading out early or late, follow these easy strategies to stay safe
and exercise psychologist at Sheffield Hallam University, to develop strategies that will enable him to reach his Ironman goal.This summer he'll take part in small triathlons to become used to the atmosphere at races. "Rob is helping me to develop strategies
they train. “Kenyans don’t use heart-rate monitors. They train according to how they feel,” he says. “If they feel good, they try to push their limits.” Watch any Kenyan in a race and you’ll see them lead from the front. This strategy is encouraged
Street Party: 8,000 runners line up at the startSix hours, 42 kilometres, 23 glasses of wine. Not my normal race strategy, but then this was not a normal race. The festival of wine and running that is the Medoc Marathon used to be a well
When you incorporate hills into your triathlon training, you'll develop strategies for climbing efficiently, but you can also learn from the experts. Mark Hartell, winner of the 2008 Vasque Ultra-running Championships, always prepares himself mentally for a
to hydration in your training to establish a strategy that works for you and remember: you're an experiment of one.Exactly how much is enough?So how do you know if you're hydrated before you start a run? The easiest, most practical test is to check the colour
