Simple Ways to calculate Training Load, based on Research by Carl Foster

It is easy to add up your weekly mileage or time spent training, but do these really give a true picture of how hard you have trained and enable you to track your training load?  It can become even harder if you mix the type of training you do.  As with everything else these days, …

Yasso 800s and Other Top Marathon training sessions

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 …

What Pace should I Run at?

There are may ways to work out what pace to run at in order to get the maximum benefit from your training.  Each has its pros and cons and may be of use in certain conditions, but not in others. Use a recent race or time trail, there are then tables and online calculators you …

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