Ewen, City of Edinburgh AC (edinburghac.org.uk) Cross-train If you want to avoid injury, complement your running with other activities such as swimming, resistance work in the gym and cycling – if nothing else, it stops you going insane and gives
, then drives out himself. They both have a swim, and afterwards he runs back and she drives. This can be done equally well over a point-to-point course. The driver sets out after the runner, drives five miles along the course, parks the car and carries
is determined as much by the swim and (especially) bike training I do as by the run sessions. If you want to run fast you also need to look at how you ride the bike. Plus, of course, there is strength work. Thirty kilometres into the marathon is a bit late
the kneecap sits on the front of the knee is in an “apparently” different place, because the thigh (& knee) has rolled in. Cycling, with the foot fixed exaggerates this, causing irritation behind the kneecap – as does swimming. Running downhill is also key
swim because I like gliding through the water free of the weight of my body and finding a peace in the rhythm and flow of exertion.I do triathlon because I have a credit card. bos1 Join the thread No thanks... Race Number Swap-Shop A man and a
use of turbo, cross-training and swimming pool sessions. Unfortunately, this setback has prevented us developing her nutritional strategies further as she has been running less. Hydration has still been key though, as has recovery from the other
've been hitting recently but my legs are complaining! Plenty of swimming and my compression socks seem to see off the aches though. I've been looking over my 2008 training, and although I was doing a lot more mileage then I did very few long runs
. On the bright side, cycling and swimming are also brilliant – and not weight-bearing - and there are lots of events to get involved with and loads of swish kit to collect. All is not lost! Gyraffe I can't rave enough about stretching. I didn’t do it for years
little different, with the 5K run preceded by a 500m swim – 20 lengths of a 25m pool. With multisport becoming increasingly popular among runners of all abilities, we can look forward to more and more races like this. First-timer SteveX said: "This was my
