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Pocket Race Guide: End of Season
By on 28/09/2011 10:00:00
End your triathlon racing season with a bang rather than a whimper with our pick of fun challenges
Bracknell and Bagshot, you'll run and cycle through delightful Scotts Pine woodland. Enjoy an undulating trail run, before getting stuck into a technical bike section where you'll really have to focus to stay seated. A winning combination of picturesque
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Mind Over Matter: Race-Day Psychology
By Alice Palmer on 22/07/2009 12:32:09
From pre-race nerves to the final kick, channel your brainpower into peak racing performance
GETTY IMAGES You've followed your training schedule to the letter, successfully dodged injury and illness in the run-up to the big day and all of a sudden you're lining up at the start. Get your head
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Damage Limitation Exercise
By Nick Grantham on 23/11/2009 13:19:57
When your chosen sport involves three disciplines the range of possible injuries is impressive, but you can take steps to limit or, with luck, avoid them
of the problems that can stop your training in its tracks can be controlled or even prevented, if you take action early. It helps to have some knowledge of the injuries common to each discipline, how and how easily they occur and the effect they can have
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Your First Race
By Beth Moxey Eck on 05/11/2002 16:08:23
How to make your first race a day to remember
's a motivator, perhaps more so than anything else in running. A race gives you a reason to train, to eat correctly, to lose a few pounds, to get fit, to get fast. Best of all, if you can run (or run/walk) for 30 minutes, you can complete a 5K race
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Shortcuts To Success
By Alisa Bauman, Rebecca Lageman and Steven Seaton on 10/05/2002 15:56:13
From start to finish, here are 40 ways for you to improve your running
of real-life runners from Runners World readers to Runners World staff, scientific researchers to elite athletes and asked them point-blank: what training methods have worked best for you?Their answers were as varied and imaginative as runners
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The Wheel Thing
By on 18/11/2009 14:17:55
Don't take them for granted; your choice of wheels and tyres can make all the difference on race day
Tri-spokes, disk-wheels, deep-section rims, ceramic hubs and bladed spokes - the number of wheels on the market can bewilder even the most technically minded triathlete. And if the options could leave you scratching your head, the potential cost could make you
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On The Double
By Marc Bloom and Shane Starling on 25/10/2007 14:42:47
Hills one day, fast the next, right? Not if you combine two quality workouts into one. It'll save you time and may just improve your performance as well
at Loughborough University. "So there is a conditioning aspect to it and a technical aspect to it. But it also creates those race-like conditions so you are better equipped to handle tempo changes. You don't get that from more singular forms of training
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Running Green
By Alice Palmer on 08/05/2009 09:37:44
Make your own energy bars, give your kit a new lease of life and save money on laundry with these top eco tips to becoming a greener runner
GETTY IMAGESTravelling on foot might well leave behind a lighter carbon footprint than other ways of getting around. But with just a few simple tweaks to your training and racing routine it’s easy to become an even greener runner.KIT Over 1
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Inspect A Gadget
By on 23/11/2009 12:26:28
With its three disciplines, triathlon lends itself to a bewildering number of high-tech bells and specialist whistles. But what do you really need?
-between, a triathlete's budget can easily become stretched to breaking point. Most bits of kit claim to make our bikes lighter, our legs faster and our training more effective, but you may wonder if you can be a triathlete and stay on the good side of your
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No-Nonsense Nutrients
By Liz Applegate on 05/06/2002 19:32:37
When it comes to negotiating the nutritional minefield, there are just 10 essentials that will keep you running fit
shown them to be extra susceptible to bone-mineral loss because of their intense training.To keep your bones in peak condition, eat plenty of dairy products, or up your intake of calcium-fortified soya milk, tofu, salmon or broccoli
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