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The Home Stretch: ASICS Target 26.2
By on 19/03/2012 11:00:00
With the Paris Marathon in sight, the ASICS Target 26.2 team test their mettle and reflect on lessons learned
It’s the ASICS Target 26.2 training day, University of Birmingham, March 3. Roll call: the ASICS Target 26.2 team, Runner’s World, ASICS UK, the Target 26.2 coaches and the ASICS PRO Team experts.The ASICS Target 26.2 team are over halfway through their training, and they’re at t...
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Q+A: What's your stretching routine, and what are your key stretches?
By on 08/02/2013 12:31:51
Elite Advice with Jo Pavey.
A: Whether or not to stretch before a run has always been a source of debate among runners. Personally, I like to do very gentle stretches even before a normal training run. I tried not stretching prior to runs back in 2002 but ended up with more
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Q+A: Calf strains: Why they occur and how to treat
By Judith Pitt-Brooke on 13/02/2006 15:51:05
Our experts answer real-life questions
Q I’m 44 years old and have been running for 20 years. I stretch my calves and hamstrings before I run but have recently suffered a calf strain after a few miles. How can I avoid this and how should these injuries be treated when they occur?A From
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The Science of Recovery (Preview)
By Sam Murphy on 09/02/2011 15:44:04
RW puts seven recovery techniques under the microscope
Want to know the formula for running success? It goes: run, recover, repeat. While most of us get the beginning and end bits right, the middle step often gets overlooked. It's partly because we're short of time, but I suspect there's also the belief that, unless you're running 80...
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ASICS Super Six First Training Day: Gallery
By on 10/02/2011 15:45:43
Find out what happened on the first training day for our six spring marathon contenders
It's stretch time with ASICS PRO Team physiotherapist Sarah Connors before the scheduled Sunday long run.
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The Busy Runner's Guide to Staying Fit
By Liz Plosser on 06/07/2011 12:00:00
Strengthen muscles and build bone density with these short workouts
seconds of walking lunges.You've got...45 minutesYou should: Do an envelope run, body-weight resistance training and stretchingAdding flexibility work increases range of motion, which decreases injury risk and improves alignment, says Pierce.Here's how
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Q+A: I'm 17 and running gives me growing pains...
By Martin Haines on 10/09/2000 18:25:37
Our experts answer real-life questions
Q Im a 17-year-old middle-distance runner. Last year I started growing really fast and reached 6ft 6in. Now I regularly experience pains in my upper arms, hamstrings and thighs after harder runs. My GP says I should stretch more, while my coach
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Session One: 20 minutes
By Martha Schindler on 24/11/2003 17:29:22
Session One: 20 minutes workout
Your Cool-down While you’re adjusting your heart rate from revving to resting, you can also boost your flexibility – by stretching. Just remember to hold each stretch for 15 to 60 seconds, and breathe throughout.Here are the other sessions:Session Two
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Paradise Lost
By Andy Blackford on 05/09/2003 11:10:41
It's expected that most honeymooners will get into a few strange positions, but being bent backwards over a rubber ball takes the tradition to a whole new level
children like pulling the legs off flies.I’ve always hated stretching. Warming up, it seemed to me, was a waste of time. As far as I was concerned, the first 10 miles of the race was my warm-up. Result: I am barely able to touch my knees, let alone my toes
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Plyometric Power: The Drills
By David Morton on 29/09/2010 15:09:47
be in the region of one to two minutes; successive drop jumps should be separated by intervals of at least 15-30 seconds – or even longer for very intense multiple hop and jump routines. These recovery intervals will allow the stretch reflex mechanism to return
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