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Prime Penguin
By Runner's World on 10/03/2003 13:02:59
If you're a slower runner looking for motivation - or anyone looking for affirmation of life - RW columnist John 'The Penguin' Bingham is your man. Here's a collection
marathon is to ‘get round’. In the back of my mind I like to think about ‘getting round’ in around five hours. By five hours I mean five hours as recorded on my watch, not the official clock."Training for the Antarctica Marathon..."Eager for a new challenge
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Nice Guys (and Girls) Finish Last
By Berenice Baker on 16/10/2005 20:19:55
Being last past the post is seldom as bad as beginners fear it might be, and can prove to be a memorable race experience
"I got a huge cheer and a bouquet of flowers"—Lyn WhitesideAre you worried about finishing last in a race? The good news is that if you're reading this article, the chances of it actually happening are very small. Big beginner-friendly races
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Our Bodies, Our Selves
By John Bingham on 08/08/2003 15:35:34
You can’t trade your body in for a new, improved model. Accepting the natural strengths and weaknesses of the body you have is the key to becoming the best you can be
are fundamentally no different than ours, we can begin to accept and understand that our bodies react to training in exactly the same way that theirs do. This point was emphasized to me one evening when I had dinner with Khalid Khannouchi, who broke the world record
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Words Of Whizz-Dom
By Beth Eck, Alisa Bauman and Mark Remy on 04/08/2002 13:22:59
The RW staff around the world have learned a few things about running over the years. Here's a sample of their hard-won wisdom
on them once I did start recording my sessions. I have decent logs going back over the last few years, and it’s useful to read back through my sessions and find out what I used to do. I just wish I had a better record of the first years when I started out
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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
receive the loudest cheers of all.Don't fear the distance If you've done the training, you can finish the race. If you really tire and need to walk, do it. As a first-timer, your task is to finish and feel good about it – save the world-record attempt
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Our Best Practical Heart Rate Sessions
By Dagny Scott Barrios on 05/06/2002 10:01:45
Heart rate training is great in theory - here's a beginner-friendly guide to turning it into reality
Dr George Parrott. "Heart rate monitors, however, are far more precise."So, no matter what type of runner you are – beginner, intermediate or advanced – a heart rate monitor will help you train more effectively.Tips for BeginnersNovice runners
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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
run and how far/for how long you ran, and take pride in watching those numbers build up. (Or feel guilty when they don't! That'll get you out.) Keep at it Some runners win gold medals and set world records, but no runner has ever done every workout he
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50 Best Beginner Tips - From The Forum
By Runner's World on 26/07/2004 11:59:32
At the last count, 132,000 runners had posted 1.6 million messages between them on the Runner's World forum - here are 50 good ones for beginners
At the last count, 132,000 runners had posted 1.6 million messages between them on the Runner's World forum. That's a ton of useful tips!Our readers already helped us pick out some of the best threads (or 'conversations'). Now we've gone a step
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What's Hot On The Forum: Archive
By Runner's World on 17/09/2007 10:44:44
The RW forum is a huge beast, so each week we cream off the stuff that's getting you up and down (November 2007 - December 2007)
warm! Wrap up and then peel the layers away when running. -20 with wind chill is my record... – Tri TaffiaMy wife, a complete novice, went out jogging with me at 7pm last night. If she can - you can. Mind you she is as hard as nails... - StumpI have
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