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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
Devising training sessions is easy. Anyone can come up with a plan that sounds great. Take my old high school track coach, for example. Way back in the mid-1960s, he ordered us distance runners to do 10x400 metres, each in 60 seconds. That’s what US
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The Laws Of Injury Prevention 
By Amby Burfoot on 08/03/2010 08:32:08
Follow these 10 time-tested principles and you'll spend more time on the roads - and less in rehab
, training too much and training too little.So I went to Plan B: I interviewed the best running-injury experts in the world. Like the medical studies, the experts didn't always agree. But certain principles emerged. From these, I developed 10 laws of injury
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Double Your Endurance
By Amby Burfoot on 10/05/2005 16:11:47
A preview for non-subscribers: seven simple plans to double your endurance
’s trying to make it around the block four times, as well as the 36-minute 10K runner who’s training for a first marathon with long runs that stretch to 12 miles, then 16, then 20.The gradual-adaptation principle is deeply rooted in human physiology, and has
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The FIRST Three Day A Week Marathon Schedule
By Amby Burfoot on 05/12/2006 15:06:54
Tired of slogging through miles of training? Here's how to run your best marathon on three training runs a week
miles 10 miles 5 10 x 400m 5 miles 14 miles 6 5 x 1200m 5 miles 15 miles 7 7 x 800m 8 miles 17 miles 8 3 x 1600m 10 miles 13 miles 9 12 x 400m 3 miles 18 miles
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Double Your Endurance
By Amby Burfoot on 10/05/2005 16:02:25
Introducing the wonders of the running world - seven simple plans to double your endurance
the result.“I covered 18-23 miles in my long training runs,” says Strand, “and I did the last 9-14 miles at marathon pace or faster. That was much faster than my previous long-run efforts of 17-22 miles at whatever pace I felt like running.”This kind
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How To Run At Your Ideal Paces
By Amby Burfoot on 01/11/2002 15:55:38
Running fast too slowly and running slowly too fast - it's easy for runners to misjudge their training pace. But with the right guidance, everyone can train more effectively
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Six Common Beginner Excuses
By Amby Burfoot on 01/01/2010 14:44:35
... and how to beat them
're all quitters, in the sense that we have dropped out of some activity at some time. There's nothing wrong with starting again (and again). Author of Psychodynamic Running: The Complete, Definitive Madman's Guide to Distance Running and the Marathon (£10.99
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Enduring Questions: The Perfect 30-Minute Session
By Amby Burfoot on 05/05/2005 11:15:27
Pushed for time? Three experts share their best short sessions
Amby Burfoot is Executive Editor of Runner's World USA, and the 1968 Boston Marathon winner Imagine that there was an exercise programme that could guarantee to get you in shape with only three identical 30-minute exercise sessions per week. I
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Start Running Now: Our Get-Going Guide
By Amby Burfoot on 01/01/2010 15:21:23
Anyone can become a runner - never mind the excuses, the weather or the bag of crisps calling your name. Here, a team of experts shows you how
."NUTRITIONPass on the extra carbsBread, bagels, pasta, potatoes and pancakes - you just can't get enough, right? Wrong, says sports nutritionist Nancy Clark, author of Nancy Clark's Food Guide for New Runners (£12.95, Meyer & Meyer Sport). Running two or three miles
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Enduring Questions: What's Your Ideal Weight?
By Amby Burfoot on 08/11/2007 10:21:10
Dropping five pounds will make you healthier and help you run faster - as long as you have them to lose, that is
. If your BMI drops below 18.5, you're at risk of becoming weaker and slower. WEIGHT LOST 5K 10K HALF-MARATHON MARATHON 900g 12.4 secs 25 secs 52 secs 1:45 2.3kg 31 secs 1:02 2:11 4:22 4.5kg
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