The science says yes. Perhaps it’s easier to understand when we consider how the brain must be involved in developing a muscle once it has been worked and that it is also quite easy to fool the brain into experiencing physical events. What tells a muscle to get bigger,
Peter Snell had a rather brief athletic career. A surprise 800m Gold in the 1960 Rome Olympics, world records for 800m, 880yds and 1 mile in 1962. Olympic Golds for 800m and 1500m in 1964.
In 1965 he retired from competition and began his career in sports physiology.
His finishing speed was astonishing. We tend to think of finishing speed being developed solely by speed training. But, according to
The runners’ nightmare scenario: 15 weeks into a 16-week marathon schedule, tingling nose, sneezing, itching, sore throat, running nose. All tell-tale signs that the dreaded cold is on its way.
Runners training for a marathon or other important event will often make themselves social outcasts during the last few weeks of preparation.
There is plenty of advice out there about how to avoid
The rule of specificity states that we must train the discipline that we want to improve. i.e. if you want to be a faster runner, then run, don’t cycle.
Of course, it’s not quite that simple. There are a number of ways we can improve our race times without actually running a step.
If we want to run faster then we have to train the body to be able to do that — running to be fit
In the list of reasons why people run, weight loss comes near the top.
Running is obviously a very effective way to reduce and control weight. Indeed, many runners who started when overweight have long since left behind any concerns they had about their weight.
Of course it’s not as simple as that.
Consciously focusing on weight loss means being focused on being overweight, which in
Jo Pavey’s extraordinary run in the European Championships 10000m has certainly made more than a few runners think again about what they can achieve.
In a recent issue of Runner’s World Jo detailed an ideal session for sharpening up before a 5k or 10k.
Unusually, it includes both interval and threshold training.
The reps should be run at 5k pace or even slightly quicker.
We ran this
