Pack your running shoes and head for the City of Light for a race you won’t forget, writes Sheila Ryan. I’m standing beside the Eiffel Tower wearing my running gear. I’m not alone. I’m jostling for place with thousands of other runners who have come to Paris to run what’s known as “La Grande Classique”. [...]
We are all guilty of it. Jargon seeps into your conversation no matter who you are or what you do and runners probably do it more than many. LSR, tempo, threshold pace, PMP – there seems to be no end to the fancy terms that we all drop into our conversations about running. So I [...]
Paul Drumm is back, this time with some handy hints and tips for those thinking about setting out on their first ever marathon training program… The Finish straight. The crowd three or four deep cheering and clapping, tired but delighted you push on through the pain down the last 365 yards. Sound familiar? If you [...]
“I run, therefore I race”. As far as I know there has never been a philosopher who’s said that but I know most of us have thought it! But with so many races how on earth can you choose between them, especially if you are racing overseas or don’t know many other runners? Well never [...]
You want to get faster and run further – we all do. So you should run harder and faster and further, right? Well yes and no, train hard by all means but you need to rest too; here Ian Mountford explains why. It’s the start of the New Year, 2011, and time to stop planning [...]
Another brand new writer for you – Ian Mountford; runner, charity activist and Olympic volunteer. Here he introduces us to one of the masters of endurance training, Arthur Newton. Don’t forget to check out Ian’s blogs and Twitter feed, linked at the end of the article. Arthur Newton was a pretty good runner. Newton’s competitive [...]
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