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
I’ve been running for quite a few years now, and been coaching for a few too.
I always endeavour to be the optimistic trainer. By this I mean that when in doubt about running or training (and I don’t mean due to health reasons), just go. Get out there, engage with nature — whatever it throws at you — relish the challenge, the invigoration, and the sense of being alive. We always
We see quite a few runners who have favourite running shoes; they won’t buy or wear anything else. I used to be like that. Once I’d found a particular type of shoe, I’d be very cautious about changing it for fear of increasing the risk of developing a running injury.
Nowadays, I’m a little more relaxed about my running shoes. A while ago I moved very firmly away from
The video below captured Kenenisa Bekele, Haile Gebrselassie, and Mo Farah, at mile 12 at the BUPA Great North Run in 2013. At this point, the 3 runners are running at the same speed as they had done for most of the race; shortly after this point Bekele broke away.
We can see a very real differences in the stride lengths. If the speed is the same and stride lengths are different, then the cadence
