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Actually, there are quite a few things better than sports drink, but here we are talking about our great yellow friend — the banana.
According to the Appalachian State University’s Human Performance Lab, the banana is rather better than the overhyped sports drink.
Research was carried out during a simulated cycling road race lasting 2.5-3hrs. The cyclists were fuelled with either
I think most of us know that dieting doesn’t really work, the research tells us that much.
I think most people agree too that if a certain lifestyle has tipped the energy balance towards weight gain then that is what happens. It might take weeks, it might take years, but slowly and ever so surely the body changes shape. That’s all fine until we decide that we are too heavy, or too fat,
One of the joys of running is being able to eat almost what you want; it’s what makes running such a great activity for those who don’t want to worry about looking after their body shape or weight.
But it’s not true for everyone. There are still plenty of people who run — and run quite a lot — yet still battle with weight control. Whilst running is great for tipping that all-important
The Running Training Plan Spice schedules are for those who want to explore what it’s like to race, rather than just complete a distance. 
They are mild introductions to running at different paces and training in a more structured and considered way. The Spice training plans are ideally suited to those runners who have run their first 5k, 10k or half marathon and want to move on to improving
How do you feel at the end of a race? “If I am still standing at the end of the race, hit me with a board and knock me down, because that means I didn’t run hard enough“, so said the great Welsh runner and former world marathon record holder, Steve Jones.
Obviously, the idea of a race is to try as hard as we can, and if we do this to the optimum, we’ll have nothing left to give
In our forthcoming book about running and weight loss, we discuss the value of take-away and fast food for people attempting to control their weight. In particular, one of the main problems with take-away food: not knowing the contents of the food being eaten.
Although we are not into calorie counting for weight-loss, we do believe it is pretty vital to have a rough idea of nutritional values with