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What’s The Damage?
By Roy Stevenson on 09/08/2010 14:06:25
Unless you’re a very lucky or very resilient triathlete you will suffer an injury at some point. The question is how to deal with it when it happens.
-trained male runners switched to aqua running for six weeks, while another group continued with their regular running programme for the same period. The deep-water running group maintained their VO2 max, lactate threshold and running economy.Another study
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Look, Feel And Run Your Best
By on 01/01/2009 00:00:00
Whatever your goals are for the year, this guide will help you look, feel and run your best
-out threshold sessions – so too should your heart rate differ with each workout. Otherwise you run the risk of running all your steady mileage too fast - a one-way ticket to overtraining.Essential read: RW Complete Guide to Heart Rate TrainingThe next steps
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Heart Rate Training: Coming Back From Illness
By Joe Dunbar on 05/06/2000 10:52:31
If you've never been ill or injured, you're in a minority of one. For the rest of us, here's a valuable guide to using your heart rate monitor to get back to speed
to 5-10 minutes of work at or above your threshold. You can then top up the amount in subsequent weeks, being careful to work at a much lower intensity on the days which follow, to help you recover. Use submaximal assessment to monitor your
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Treadmills: Features that matter
By Sean Fishpool on 08/07/2000 11:32:19
From speed to safety...
-rate controlled threshold or fat- burning runs and random sessions. The variety of these programme options can be overwhelming, and in truth we can do without most of them. On the other hand, custom programmes and heart-rate-control programmes can prove
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Hard Training - With Mike Gratton
By Runner's World on 06/06/2004 14:24:12
See how former London Marathon winner Mike Gratton advises a cluster of RW members about moving their training to the next level
’t get my legs to go fast enough in speed work • Should I squeeze in some more speed work? • How long should my longest run be? • Threshold runs - how fast?• Pyramids/mixed-distance speedwork• How often would you include a 'long run' in your training
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Does Running Cause Arthritis?
By Amby Burfoot on 23/02/2006 10:33:30
Even ardent runners wonder if all that pounding won't eventually harm our knees, hips, and backs
, and the high pain threshold that runners might develop. An Arthritis Foundation paper called "Exercise and Your Arthritis" offers a more direct answer. "The stronger the muscles and tissues around your joints, the better they will be able to support and protect
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Enduring Questions - The Perfect Training Plan
By Amby Burfoot on 02/04/2007 12:24:33
Note these ten principles next time you draw up a schedule
12 per cent of your weekly mileage at your lactate threshold (LT) or tempo pace When you run at LT pace, you enhance your running economy and your body’s ability to cope with increasing amounts of lactic acid. LT pace is your 5K pace, plus 25 to 45
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Reader to Reader: Train less, run faster?
By Catherine Lee on 11/06/2007 11:26:59
Can you improve on fewer sessions per week? Here's what you thought
slower rate of improvement? – JamesEarlJonesLearn about your lactate thresholdA long time ago, I ran a 2:50 marathon off three or four runs a week (I guess I was probably averaging 25 miles a week), and then one 20-mile run the week before. I was never
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RW Heart Rate Monitor Test
By Runner's World on 08/10/2007 14:42:37
RW tests heart rate monitors from Dunlop, Suunto, New Balance, Oregon Scientific, Sigma, Cardiosport, Reebok and Nike
for your anaerobic threshold if you know it. Alternatively, there's a ‚'free' setting to use just the basic functions. A 'marathon' feature allows you to analyse your time and HR for each mile split. Though it's a fairly sophisticated piece of kit, our
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Your First 5K (Preview)
By Kristen Wolfe Bieler on 01/05/2008 12:16:41
Get ready to toe the line for a 5K in just five weeks (non-subscriber preview)
up of two five-minute runs at a faster pace, each framed by five minutes of easy jogging. Once this becomes easy, try one 10-minute interval at threshold pace – this is about 85 per cent of your maximum heart rate, where you can utter a few words
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