All Entries in the "The Beginning" Category
New Year, New You…….Really?
How many times have you heard this phrase…? ‘New Year, New You’!
This splits the nation into two categories; those who get majorly motivated by the statement and begin to plan this ‘New Self’ versus those who cynically think ‘yeah yeah I’ve tried it all before’.
What Pace Should I train At?
Have you ever left the front door not sure at what pace to to run? You may have chosen to run one of your favourite routes through the park, over the fields or past certain landmarks and views but how hard should you run and what should the effort feel like?
The Start of The Women’s Running Revolution
Then: Hopkington, Mass., April 19, 1967 -Who says Chivalry is dead? – A girl listed as “K. Switzer of Syracuse” found herself about to be thrown out of normally all-male Boston Marathon
The Principles of Training: Putting the Pieces Together
Ok, so you have read the two previous articles and the Glossary of Terminology what do you do now? You have a basic understanding of the physiology and how you can become more efficient (faster and stronger) so you can either go and try out our Training programmes here on the site or you can write [...]
Principles of Training: Simple Physiology
To understand how different types of training can improve your running and race times, it is helpful to understand some basic physiology:
Very simply, muscles contract to move your body along the road, round the track or up hills and those muscles need energy to perform – just like your car needs petrol/diesel. Your body produces [...]
The Principles of Training
This is the first in a series of articles which will break down the whole concept of training, racing and improving into manageable “chunks”.
Principles of Training:
You will undoubtedly have heard it said that when you break a bone, it heals to become stronger than it was before you broke it. That is exactly the way [...]
New Personal Training Partner!
It is with great pleasure that we announce the partnership between Running4Women and Running With Us! This really does represent a big step forward and means that we can offer our members so much more. The Running4Women website probably has more articles regarding women’s running than any other website but what has been missing is [...]
Simple Advice For Autumn/Winter Training
It’s harder running during the winter, it’s dark and cold; When your muscles are cold they work less efficiently, so it is very important that you make time for longer warm-ups and more stretching, which should be done indoors, this will help avoid injury.
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.
