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Online calculators are great, but sometimes it’s quicker and easier to refer to a simple chart.
We’ve created one that covers speeds from 4 mph to 13mph and will convert into kph, mins per mile, mins per km, 400m lap times and the more common race distances.
Want to know how long your 5k will take if you run at 5 miles per hour? Or how fast you’ll have to run each mile to run a marathon
Here’s another one of those interesting stories to encourage frustrated plantar fasciitis sufferers; there are treatments that are not aligned with conventional ideas.
Stumbled across your barefoot experiment via the Runner’s World forum. Great stuff!
Anyway, I have a good neutral running style and I’m a forefoot striker…
I picked up Plantar
More from Tony …
The first time I ran a race barefoot.
As I have said before I had a lot of problems when running in trainers and eventually took the advice of a friend and physio and started training barefoot.
I initially started with very short runs no more than 400m and I also started the task of making my calf muscles stronger with plenty of calf raises with more and more weight as
Good to see Mo Farah winning the New York City half marathon on Sunday in a new British record of 60.23. Since announcing last month that he is moving to the US, Farah has achieved some remarkable results: European 5000m indoor record, European indoor 3000m champion, and now a new British Half Marathon record.
Mo is now coached by Alberto Salazar who won 3 consecutive New York Marathons in
Out for the blue came a message from a barefoot runner, there’ll be more to follow.
Hi Graham.
Just discovered your website and thought you would like to know about my barefoot running experiences.
Firstly i am 45 years old, and have been running off and on for about 30 years. I did plenty of running in the Forces in boots mainly but also used trainers. About 5 years ago I started running again
Here in the UK many runners are knee deep in their marathon training for London or Brighton marathons in April. Some are training for the distance for the first time, others have been at it for years. Most will have completed the bulk of their long runs, and many will have had to deal with the injuries and niggles that are all part of endurance running training.
I wonder how many runners will have