UAN: 157 Article type:col-->In the spring of 1971, two Finnish runners trained in the mountains around Provo, Utah. Although they trained there for only one year, Pekka Vasala and Lasse Viren became famous for their incredibly tough fartlek

You can tell a lot about a country by the quality of its roadkill. In Britain, for instance, it consists mostly of pheasants – slow, dim birds, imported from China because English aristocrats were too slow and dim to hit anything of local origin. I’ve run in countries where the...

UAN: 178 Article type:-->It’s a common scenario. “I trained harder for this one than I ever have before,” says the disbelieving runner, head bowed after a disappointing race. The reason? Quite simply, your body will let you train harder than

of their marathon training, they'll be recording all their training and highs and lows live in the forums - and you can join us over the next four months for training and nutrition tips from our expert coaches and the ASICS PRO Team as well as a unique

works double-time to shift excess heat produced by working muscles during training. As the mercury rises, so does that cooling effort. And if your body struggles to keep up, you can suffer from dehydration or heat illnesses, such as cramp and heat

If you're looking for a way to keep your training consistent when the temperature drops, the rain starts to fall and the pavements ice up, there is a simple solution: move to Australia. If, however, that seems a little impractical, you can still

UAN: 146 Article type:-->Your weeks are getting tougher. The responsibilities at home and work are mounting, and you’re beginning to think you’ll never achieve your dream of getting fit. Your only chance to train is at lunchtime or before breakfast

might expect. Heart rate monitors are really good for base training and will give you instant visual feedback on whether you're training at the most useful level or not... which is often amazingly slow. – Dave CochraneSet a targetEnter a race. You know

't like the particular emphases of Pose or Chi, have a look at books like Master the Art of Running by Malcolm Balk and Triathlon Training Running by Ken Mierke. Malcolm Balk is an Alexander Technique teacher, so he tries to maximise the benefit

generally get my athletes to run at least a mile before doing dynamic stretches, then running drills before each training session. For recovery runs you don't really need to do this, as the first part of the run should be nice and steady, but for harder