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It’s for anyone who is keen to run under 25 minutes for 5k. Of course, this covers a wide range of runners; for example, a new runner who has just run their first 5k in 27 minutes and wants to target 25, or, an experienced runner who has been just outside of 25 for years and feels they need more structured training to make the time. The type of training that these runners
The beginning of another new year and with it are the resolutions that are going to make us fitter, healthier, wealthier, less cluttered, more organised, etc, etc, the list goes on. Of course, one of the greatest new year resolutions it to lose weight, or as we like to say, get in shape.
Yet, according to Jessica Bartfield, MD (who specialises in nutrition and weight management at the Loyola Center
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This training plan is rather different from some of the other 5k training plans .
Running an 18 minute 5k is very demanding and a one-size plan doesn’t fit all. So, in common with the 20-minute 5k plan, this page should
We are big fans of Uncommon Knowledge’s hypnosis downloads. Speaking from personal experience, self-hypnosis can transform not only running performance, but also the motivation to train. Self-hypnosis can also improve your performance within many aspects of your life and help lift your mood, which at the moment, for many people, could use a little boost.
This is more than learning self-hypnosis,
If we get better at running, does running get easier?
The good news is yes. Running becomes easier as your body develops and adapts to the demands you place upon it. If you run regularly, your legs get stronger, your heart gets stronger and is more able to pump the blood and energy-carrying oxygen to the muscles in your legs. It might take a few weeks, but some marvellous things
As a runner and a running coach, not surprisingly, I have an interest in the runner’s heart and measuring its activity.
But, I gave up on heart rate monitors some years ago. It’s not that I’m not interested, I just couldn’t get any meaningful results from any devices I tried: Polar (x 2), Cardiosport, Garmin, they all gave very unreliable data; all were chest-strap devices.
