Week 20 16.4.12

By Dai | Published: April 16, 2012

A long gap here between posts… But it’s not as bad as it seems!  I’ve been back running for just over a month now after inuring my achilles tendon just before christmas.  My achilles took about two and a half … Continue reading

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Stretching the hamstrings

By RTP | Published: April 10, 2012

In a recent post we looked at the effects of passive stretching on racing performance. In essence, we reported that if you stretch muscles passively before racing then you are likely to inhibit their performance.

Given that passive stretching … Continue reading

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The Vibram barefoot lawsuit

By RTP | Published: April 4, 2012

It will be interesting to see how this one pans out.

News from Runners’ World that Vibram is being sued has heated up the ‘barefoot running is better’ debate.

Most of the comments following the article seem to miss the … Continue reading

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Affordable personal training schedules

By RTP | Published: April 3, 2012

We’ve have just launched our Bespoke Training Plans.

These schedules are unique to you and your own running. We write them just for you after you complete a questionnaire telling us all about you, your health and your running.… Continue reading

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New beginners running group launch date

By RTP | Published: March 9, 2012

We are pleased to announce the start date of our beginners running group in Heathfield East Sussex.

First session is Saturday 14th April at Freedom Leisure Centre in Heathfield.

Full details on our icanrun2 section.

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First new Spice training schedule for 5k

By RTP | Published: March 8, 2012

We are continuing to load more free downloadable schedules on to the site.

Just uploaded is the Spice 5k.

Why Spice? Because it follows on from our beginners schedules, we just add a little spice to get you running … Continue reading

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Using half marathon as marathon training session

By RTP | Published: March 4, 2012

This one is a great marathon training session if you are not chasing a decent time for your half marathon race.

One of the difficulties of marathon training is that it’s not sensible to train very long distances at race … Continue reading

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Static stretching before racing

By RTP | Published: March 2, 2012

Old habits die hard. At least they do for some runners when it comes to stretching.

Anyone who’s been running a few years will probably have been brought up on the pre-race stretching ritual: find a wall or fence, plonk … Continue reading

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The effects of long warm up before running

By RTP | Published: February 27, 2012

Our running club’s monthly time trial is just under 5 miles on undulating roads. Runners who take part will typically warm up for 1 mile maximum, most do no more than half that distance and many will step out of … Continue reading

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Spring is in the air….

By Bev | Published: February 26, 2012

38 weeks + pregnant.

What a difference a bit of sunshine makes! I thoroughly enjoyed my 5 mile ‘run’ in the spring sunshine today. It was a joy to be out and I didn’t really mind that it took me … Continue reading

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