News and articles from Running Training Plan
Old habits die hard. At least they do for some runners when it comes to stretching.
Anyone who’s been running a few years will probably have been brought up on the pre-race stretching ritual: find a wall or fence, plonk your foot on it and stretch the hamstrings for a while, then maybe stretch the calf muscles, and don’t forget the quads too.
Despite modern advice conflicting with read more
There is plenty of ‘advice’, about barefoot running now. Whilst it is easy to find, it is very hard to sort out the good from the bad, and hence, what is a sensible approach to barefoot running. A very large portion of the directives fail in one vital aspect: the fact that we are all different.
Our survey is clearly telling us that there is a huge variation in the success or otherwise read more
Firstly, a very big thank you to everyone who has completed the survey so far.
With over one hundred respondents recorded so far, we have the beginnings of some very useful data.
Here’s a taste:
There is plenty more data, and all of the above will have to be put into context by the other answers that have been given.
Have you tried running barefoot or in minimalist shoes?
If you have, and read more
Running during pregnancy isn’t everyone’s ‘cup of tea’! When I became pregnant for the first time, the question “Can I still run?” was one of the first questions I asked my GP. He knew that I ran regularly and told me that “of course” I could still run, providing I listened to my body and focused on maintaining fitness rather than getting fitter. I read more
We’ve updated our barefoot running survey. It can now be completed conveniently online and you’ll be able to see summerised results after submitting.
We’re interested in responses from anyone who is running barefoot or who has run barefoot in the past — in this instance barefoot means running some miles completely barefoot or in very minimalist shoes, such as Vibram Five Fingers read more
In our previous article about running over 40, we asked the question ‘how will age affect our speed?’
Of course, there is not one simple answer to how our advancing years will slow us down. Indeed, it may even be incorrect to assume that we will in fact slow down as we age. For example, a runner who takes up running at the age of 45 will — like anyone else — improve as their fitness read more