All Entries Tagged With: "Training"

How Will I Survive The Snow?

So winter has finally arrived and once again it has caught our nation completely by surprise it seems. Funny really as we know winter is one of the 4 seasons we get every year and the rest of Europe is now giggling as we slip and slide our way through the week ahead.

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’.

Marathon Training Advice – Part 1

A marathon runners lifestyle must embrace good health and good health practices, You maybe doing this already, but if you are at all concerned about your state of health, you should have a medical check-up before commencing your training.

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.

Advanced 5k Programme

Advanced 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!

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 [...]

I am a Beginner – Please Help Me!

Firstly what is the difference between running and jogging? Some training programs have running and jogging listed – is it just pace/speed at which you run? Secondly – what actually is a ‘race pace’? I mean how fast to you have to be going. At the moment I run so slowly, I have to fight like crazy to keep running for just 5 minutes continuously! Do I need to think about pace or just build up my continuous time?

Strength Training Enhances Distance Running Performance

Strength Training Enhances Distance Running Performance.
One of the most fundamental rules of training is specificity; if you want to train for an event, your training should replicate the demands of that event. The rule of specificity arises because different events tend to rely on different energy systems in the body (which need to be specifically [...]

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 [...]