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Race Day Pacing Strategies (Preview)
By Alison Hamlett on 22/02/2007 16:10:18
On race day, smart pacing can make the difference between triumph and disaster. Reach your potential with these suggested strategies (non-subscriber preview)
split. Overall the fastest-start trial times were 13 seconds quicker than the three-per-cent-faster times, and 32 seconds faster than the even-pace trial times; results that would translate to a new personal best for many of us.Short circuit Other
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RW's 12-week sub-1:20 Half-Marathon schedules
By Steve Smythe on 07/05/2000 10:05:26
The ultimate schedule for the half
race. This should be run quicker than the 10K in Week One and certainly inside your goal half-marathon pace. Alternatively, you could run a 10K time trial. Day Session Distance Pace Time Intensity Mon Easy 4M 7:45 31 mins 3/10Tue Speedwork 4 x 2K
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The Alternative RW Mile Schedule
By Joe Dunbar on 06/05/2002 09:46:27
An adjustable 2- and 4-week schedule for faster runners
Pace B (4 x 1000m) Pace B 5 x 600m, pace C 5 x 300m Pace C (5 x 600m plus 5 x 300m) 4-7M recuperation run A race or time trial over 1200-1500m
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Six Weeks to Stronger Swimming
By on 18/11/2009 14:28:51
Transform your swimming in just six weeks with this simple plan
if that means being at the front door when the pool opens in the morning. This week your aim should be to gauge your fitness. Do a time trial of about 400m on the third session of the week so you can see your progress over the following weeks. It's won't take
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10K Problem - 10K Solution
By Sean Fishpool and Bud Baldaro on 06/05/2002 12:01:56
But I've never raced that far; but I hate speedwork; and more
target 10K pace with three-minute recoveries, then you should be able to hit your goal on race day. This is a good time trial to do before you start your 10K schedules, and when you’re two-thirds of the way through them. Remember two things though: a) don
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Setting Goals for Next Season
By on 18/11/2009 12:32:49
Now that the days are becoming shorter and colder you should be making plans for next season. How well you perform in 2010 will depend on the daily, midway and long-term goals you set yourself now
work, based on a 40K time-trial speed; and on Wednesday, incorporating bike-run workouts into your training for one hour. For an experienced triathlete, Monday's session could be a pyramid swim of 3.8K focusing on technique and different muscle groups
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Train Smarter, Not Harder
By on 18/11/2009 09:36:57
Becoming a better triathlete is not about finding more time to train, it's about using the time you do have to greater effect
at last year's Ironman UK 70.3 and is hoping for a top-five finish at the full Ironman this year. Or family-man Eamonn Deane, who is the reigning 24-hour Cycle Time Trial National Champion and has this to say: "In the early 1990s I wanted to win
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Take it to the Limit
By Ed Eyestone on 01/06/2002 15:44:48
How to use short-burst fartlek training to boost your VO2max
the oxygen and maintain the workload. As a result, your fitness improves.According to the French researchers, vVO2max can be estimated as the speed a runner can maintain for an all-out six-minute time trial. Therefore, to determine your vVO2max, go to a 400m
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The Go-Fast Mile Plan
By Sam Murphy on 27/08/2010 10:21:37
Eight weeks to your perfect mile
This programme culminates in a mile race or time trial at the end of the eighth week. Each week, space out the three sessions rather than doing them on consecutive days. Any other weekly sessions should be run at an easy pace, the distance dependent
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RW's Classic 10-mile Schedules
By Bruce Tulloh on 07/05/2002 09:23:28
10-mile race brings out all the attributes of the distance runner. Follow our training programme and you could be hitting your target time in eight weeks
, but particularly by the threshold runs and the interval work. The fast repetition runs, races and time trials will improve your speed endurance the ability to maintain running at threshold pace or even a little faster.Getting StartedIf you have come off a period
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