All Entries Tagged With: "improve"
Why Am I So Slow?
Why am I so slow? I am 27 and have recently taken up running about 5 months ago, running 2 to 3 times a week most weeks. I first began to train for a 5km run which I managed to do in about 32 minutes but can’t seem to get any faster.
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 [...]
Pre Race Checklist
Download this pre race checklist and place in a prominent place. By checking the list regularly, you will ensure that you do not overlook anything obvious in your racing preparation no matter the distance. This is especially useful for those of you who have entered or are thinking about entering, a Marathon.
This is the ONLY [...]
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 [...]
How To Improve Your 10k Performance.
The arrival of spring no doubt means you’ll be running 10-K races more frequently. You’d like to do as well as possible, but trimming your 10-K times requires a smart, systematic approach to training, not just a hodgepodge of interval sessions and longer runs.
Intermediate 5k Training Programme
If you wish to download this programme just double click on the image above. You will need Adobe Reader to be able to do this, most computers already have this installed, if you dont then you can download it by clicking on the image below – its Free!
Intermediate 10k Training Programmes
If you wish to download this programme just double click on the image above. You will need Adobe Reader to be able to do this, most computers already have this installed, if you dont then you can download it by clicking on the image below – its Free!
