All Entries in the "Starting Out" Category
Running Shoe Terminology Part 3 S-U
Stability: A good shoe encourages your foot to go through the correct movement with each stride. The most common flaw in a runner’s biomechanics is over-pronation. A shoe with good stability helps to reduce this excessive rotation. p>
Running Shoe Terminology Part 2 I-R
Insole: The insert that goes in your shoe and sits at the bottom of it. These are usually removable and now feature an increasing numbers of technologies to do everything from aiding fit, cushioning and preventing smells.
You Will Never Look at Running Shoes The Same Again!
Have you ever wondered what the difference is between the myriad of technologies that are used in running shoes today? Well here we have have two examples of the way these are used by a major Running Shoe brand – Asics; they are ingenious and leave you feeling how you manage without them.
Running Shoe Terminology Part 1 A-H
We have all gone into a Specialist Running store at some time and been totally baffled and bewildered by the “techno speak” of some sales assistants. Hopefully this 3 part series will arm you with some of the terms that are used when it comes to talking running shoes.
How To Build a Strong Running Foundation
Would you build a house with weak or no foundations? Of course not! So why do so many runners both experienced and inexperienced try to “run before they can walk”?
Age and Performance
Age need not lead to loss of endurance. Older runners may lose speed, but their experience and mental strength enables them to go on performing well for a long time.
What Is Endurance?
It means the ability to go on working for hours at a slow speed, or with alternating periods of high level and low level activity. If the pace is slow, most of the energy will come from fats – and a kilogram of fat provides enough energy to run for 50 miles.
Heart Rate Monitor Training
Like any combustion engine, your body uses oxygen and fuel to generate energy. The cardiovascular system delivers oxygen to the skeletal muscles, which then use this oxygen to “burn” various fuels (carbohydrate and fat) to yield mechanical energy.
A Total Beginners Guide To First Steps – Part 2
How often should you run?
This will depend upon a variety of factors. How much available time do you have to run? What are your other commitments? How driven and motivated are you? What are your running and exercise goals? What is your exercise history and background? Have you been blessed with the right genetic make [...]
The Blonde, The Brunette and Their Blisters
January Blues.
Even a new pair of ultra-technical running shoes cannot beat the January Blues. The extra weight of mince pies and turkey trimmings can be disastrous for the long-distance runner and ultra-demoralising at the beginning of the long uphill trek back to fitness. The weather has changed from ‘Christmassy cold’ to ‘wintry wet’ and dirty [...]
Two Women – Two Stories!
Read the following inspirational articles by two of our Members, Cathy Thomas and Wendy Higson, who tell us how running has transformed their lives.
Our Day With Liz Yelling by Wendy Higson
On 14th June I travelled down to Leicestershire to meet up with Cathy & Liz Yelling. We had a fantastic day and I thoroughly enjoyed [...]
Running4Women Safety Guide
Many Women are afraid to train alone, not wanting to risk running along city streets or in parkland without company. Training for women is not easy when dark winter nights close in and there are no readily available training partners.
The Blonde, The Brunette and Their Blisters
Part 7 Cont
It took 20 (long) minutes to shuffle over the start line. As we had given ourselves a predicted finish time of four hours, we had been landed in the most congested pack of people, something that would later prove one of our biggest obstacles.
We started running to the sound of Frank Sinatra singing [...]
