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 is of no benefit before racing, when and how should we stretch to ensure our muscles are able to cope with the rigours of not just running but racing?
It is read more
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 point entirely. Vibram are not being accused of causing injuries to runners, and they are not being accused of not giving purchasers advice about the dangers of starting read more
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.
You can choose to target a specific time over one of the common racing distances: 5k, 10k, half marathon and marathon. Or you could use a schedule to get you on the road read more
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.
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 a bit faster, by introducing some interval training.
More to come.
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 pace because of the necessary recovery time needed.
This session is simple: just warm up for 5 easy miles before your half marathon race, then run the half marathon at your planned read more