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Heroes Of Running 2009
By on 24/04/2009 11:13:48
Sponsored by Aviva. Join us in recognising the outstanding individuals who make us exceptionally proud of our sport
astonishing or given back in a monumental way. There's the woman who ran the world to honour her late husband. There's the man who devoted himself to putting on free races. And there's the amputee who is forcing us to rethink our definition of disabilities. We
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Become A British Age-Group Athlete
By Simon Griffiths on 18/11/2009 12:20:46
If you're looking for a new triathlon challenge - and after a while, you're going to want one - you could try for a place in a GB age-group team
. And it may not be as hard to qualify as you probably think it is.British Triathlon takes teams to a range of European and World Championship events, including duathlon, aquathlon, cross triathlon, sprint and long-distance triathlon. For most of these events
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Finish Fine
By Dr Victor Thompson on 18/11/2009 12:32:03
As the triathlon season draws to a close it's only natural to feel a little deflated, but with these tips and tactics you'll be able to come back even stronger next year
20-minute time trial on the turbo trainer and record the heart rate, speed and cadence you maintained.On the run, go to your usual run route or course and try to set a PB for intervals - such as 5 x 1000m - or sustained efforts - such as three miles
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Lance On The Run
By David Willey on 27/10/2006 10:07:15
It really isn't about the bike for seven-time Tour De France winner Lance Armstong as he prepares for the New York City Marathon. Here's the full version of RW's exclusive interview
the get-go, he managed expectations for New York, saying, "I just want to say I finished a marathon," and telling world record holder Paula Radcliffe, after she advised him to practice his on-the-run hydration, "Actually, I plan to just stop and drink
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Meet The UK's Paratriathletes
By Simon Griffiths on 19/11/2009 15:52:05
Paratriathlon is becoming the sport of choice for disabled athletes and may even be a Paralympic sport in 2016. We investigate the reasons for its success and talk to some of the UK's finest paratriathletes
participation as they record only those athletes who registered their disability, says Julian Wills, Paratriathlon Manager with the British Triathlon Federation.And that's not all: Britain's top paratriathletes are chalking up impressive performance gains
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New Year, New You: Setting Goals
By Alice Palmer on 01/01/2010 16:00:57
If you find yourself picking - and then failing to achieve - the same goals year after year, it's time to master the art of effective goal-setting
performance. In the 2009 Berlin World Championships for example, Tyson Gay finished second to Usain Bolt in the 100m. If his sole objective had been to beat Bolt (an outcome goal), he would have come away disappointed. However, Gay did run a new US record (9
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Real-Life Successes: Me? Speedwork???
By Stickless on 07/12/2005 10:03:37
Not so long ago, RW forum member Stickless thought that speedwork was something that happened to other runners. With help from her friends, she's now made it a permanent feature of her training
, she strapped it on. I stood feeling like a horse unused to the cinch while she pulled it tight. "There, that should do, can you still breathe?" My heart did a few loops and rolls and then steadied. Yes, I was still breathing, and, as recorded, my
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Vets In Practice
By Alison Hamlett on 07/02/2006 14:51:39
The passage of time need not slow you down. These three veterans are more golden than olden
of improvement we all have from the time we take up the sport. His upward curve was emphasised last year when he decided to run a 10K at short notice and knocked a minute off his PB, running 32:37. He is already one of the world’s fastest 1500m runners for his
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Ceal Of Approval
By Catherine Lee on 19/06/2007 11:33:18
RW forumite Ceal talks to us about life as the UK's premier LV65
Winning gold at the British Masters Athletics Championships 2006Most of us can only dream of becoming a world-class athlete. For regular forumite Ceal (aka Cecilia Morrison) though, life as one of the global elite is a day-to-day reality
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The Growth of Paratriathlon
By on 19/11/2009 12:36:34
Paratriathlon is becoming the sport of choice for disabled athletes and may even be a Paralympic sport in 2016. We investigate the reasons for its success and talk to some of the UK's finest paratriathletes
participation as they record only those athletes who registered their disability, says Julian Wills, Paratriathlon Manager with the British Triathlon Federation.And that's not all: Britain's top paratriathletes are chalking up impressive performance gains
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