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Running You Ragged
By Marc Bloom on 24/03/2003 16:14:06
Running is the best stress-reliever around - but it's sometimes easy to forget that. Here's how to stop your favourite sport becoming a stress in itself
right and tapering properly. Preparation is crucial. Make sure you have clear, concise directions and know what the course is like. What about parking and toilets? Always allow more travel time than you think youll need. Make sure you have all
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25 Ways To More Consistent Running
By Runner's World on 16/05/2005 10:14:04
Faster? Further? Lighter? Whatever you want from your running, what you need is more consistent training
’t have to run every day; every week or even every month. Many top runners visualise their training year as a mountain range. It has peaks and valleys. The valleys are recovery periods when they let their running taper off, so that they can build all
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Forum vs Dartmoor Discovery: Blame the dinosaur!
By RichK on 15/06/2005 12:24:57
13 per cent of the field at the 2005 32-mile Dartmoor Discovery were RW forumites. Read about the training... the hills... the celebrations and, er, the selfless litter-picking
than last year.The plans went well, and Trinity even won her age category at one of our warm-up races, the Halstead Marathon. But in the week preceding the event, taper madness set in and doubts surfaced. We had planned to run at about 10-minute miling
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Reader To Reader: Am I Overtraining?
By Jane Hoskyn on 23/12/2006 12:40:50
How much training is too much? Here's what you thought
a schedcule for you. It's easier when it's in black and white, and someone telling you what to do. – Jelly BebeSlow it down and mix it upAfter my last marathon, I tapered back up, then – BANG! Four weeks on, for some reason I felt absolutely shot
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Reader To Reader: Coffee or not coffee?
By Jane Hoskyn on 04/03/2007 17:36:26
Does coming off caffeine help or hinder your running? Here's what you thought
) and no caffeine-containing fizzy drinks. I tapered off the coffee over a couple of weeks. I continued caffeine-free for two and a half months. Neither condition was improved in any way at all. I'm now back on real coffee, but I could easily live without
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Beating Exercise Fatigue
By Matt Fitzgerald on 06/03/2007 18:50:48
You know that heavy feeling in your legs that makes you slow down? It starts in your head. Here's how to teach your mind to let you run longer and stronger
sessions prepare your brain and body for peak race performance at key distances. For each race distance, training is divided into four phases, with the number of weeks to spend in each given (follow the peak phase with a standard taper). Do one speed
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Your First Marathon: Words From The Wise
By Catherine Lee on 24/04/2009 09:14:59
Top marathon tips from RW forumites
Ready, steady… goStart slow. You will feel lousy before the marathon because of tapering, then when you start you’ll suddenly feel wonderful. Your body hasn't really changed so don’t revise your target pace because you feel good at mile five, or 10 or 15. You
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Our FLM Lucozade Sport Super Six
By Runner's World on 27/04/2009 12:21:30
Illness and injury may have struck down our male FLM hopefuls but you can still find out how Sue, Helen and Meg fared as they share their highs and lows of race day
Six mentor - Nick Anderson) Nutrition Q+A (with Lucozade Sport's Lead Sport Scientist Nick Morgan)Monster Month Q+A (with experienced club coach and RW regular, Steve Smythe)Taper & Race-day Nutrition Q+A (with Lucozade Sport's Lead Sport Scientist
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RW's Ultimate Marathon Schedule: Sub-4:15
By on 12/03/2012 12:44:42
The best 16-week marathon schedule you'll find anywhere
recoveries, then 1M jogWed 9M (94 mins) easyThu 5M - 1M jog, then 3M (28 mins) at marathon pace, then 1M jogFri RestSat 3M (31 mins) easySun Half-marathon race (plus 1M warm up and cool down)For The Month Ahead...Your Goal A serious taper and a rewarding
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Ask the Experts: Marathon Mental Strength Q&A with Dr Victor Thompson
By on 16/04/2012 10:07:43
Catch the highlights from Friday's lunchtime debate, when ASICS Target 26.2 psychologist Dr Victor Thompson answered your questions about achieving your goal in your spring marathon
on Sunday. However, I picked up an injury to my foot at the start of my taper, which is going to put me out of action for at least six weeks. I'm pretty gutted and feeling a bit down as my training had gone really well. Do you have any words of wisdom? Kylie
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