"There is nothing like pink toilet paper or a floating plaster to come at you from the deep to make you swim faster!" says Duncan Hough, vice chair of the Birmingham Running and Triathlon Club (www.bratclub.co.uk). But your first open-water swim doesn't have to be a daunting expe...
of Sports Nutrition for Endurance Athletes (VeloPress, £16). Adding new foods to your diet re-energises a bored palate, she says, and provides a variety of nutrients your body needs to ramp up health and running performance. These substitutions for tried
Q Is there any way I can use cycling to help with my running? Can it replace speedwork, for instance? I already cycle a hilly eight miles to work every day. Im currently training for a half-marathon, and I run three times a week.A Cycling makes excellent cross-training for run...
sense of satiety, so you'll feel less hungry. Carbs at night help you relax and prepare for a good night's sleep, while providing fuel for your next day's training.Find creative substitutes: When you prepare meals, modify the recipes to decrease fat
cold in half.My recommendation: Take 5 to 20 grams after endurance exercise such as a 4-hour bike ride or 2-hour run. This supplement is no substitute for rest and a proper recovery diet, however.
to do themselves justice by substituting one easy run for a rest day and running closer to 35 miles a week. The key here is to get used to good-quality sessions, particularly repetition runs, where you are running fast (at about 10K pace) for several
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and perhaps even take your running to a new level.One answer, and a possible way to improve your running time at the next triathlon, may be cross-training. Substituting some of your running with other cross-training enables you to complete extra endurance
