How to run faster, longer and stronger
Your long run is really your most important session if you are marathon training, but to do more than just finish, here are some suggested sessions to boost your performances: Hill sessions to build strength endurance; even if you do not have a hilly marathon hills can improve running economy, lift lactate-threshold velocity, improve resistance …
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If you are preparing for a first Ultra race there are some vital sessions to add to plenty of running, to ensure a successful finish. In fact these could be even more important than running a long way in training. Your ultra pace will be very easy and relaxed. What is most likely to prevent …
You have probably been doing more running alone recently and may have noticed it feeling harder than it should. Alex Huskinson writes about a recent study that explores the role of affective feelings: the researchers found that solo and group races feel equally hard, but that solo races feel progressively less pleasant. https://www.outsideonline.com/2412178/psychology-solo-exercise-affective-feelings-research It has also been found that mental …
I’ve been watching a lot of films and movies recently and these are my top picks. They cover a range of different running, including one non-running movie, but they all inspired me, or made me happy, or both. Kungsleden with Emelie Forsberg*: My number one favourite running film. Emelie just has so much joy for …
This tiny virus has throw all our lives into disarray, but it is possible to find positives in all the upheaval and use it to improve your running. As runners we probably all like to have plans and goals to achieve and to have all these suddenly taken away can be very frustrating. You have …
If you listen to top runners who have been successful for a while, there are several traits that they share: They focus on themselves and their own self improvement and goals. They are always looking for how they can improve. They use more positive words to describe hard training and racing. They have a great …
Running Tips by Coach Julie