performance
Is hyper-hydration the answer to racing in the heat?
Everyone knows the importance of being well hydrated but should you get ‘hyper-hydrated’ before a race? Recent research from the Federal University of Sergipe, Brazil, looked into...
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What to do when your race goes to s**t
It’s the most important race of the year. The training has been excellent, the taper is complete and the first half...
motivation
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Do you value rest days enough?
Everyone boasts about how hard they work, but work is nothing without rest. Stress plus rest equals growth. I like to...
performance
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Running data reaffirms the benefits of ‘easy runs’
Polar analyses the data of its global users and says training harder isn’t always smarter. The topics of training hard and...
performance
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Study says middle-distance champions are racers, not pacers
New research has found that Olympic and world champions at 800m and 1500m strive to win even during the heats and...
performance
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All runners can benefit from warm weather training
Warm weather training breaks feature regularly in an elite runner’s season, but a growing number of club runners are heading overseas...
performance
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How runners can survive the ‘Beast from the East’
The ‘Beast from the East’ is upon on us, so Fast Running sent Robbie Britton and Natalie White to Siberia in...
performance
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How can you make treadmill running less boring?
Do you enjoy the comforts of running indoors on a treadmill? Or is even the thought of the ‘dreadmill’ more off-putting...
Back to Basics
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Female athlete health: conversation is only the start
With conversations now underway, the next step to take action in the prevention and treatment of undereating, menstrual dysfunction and osteoporosis...
Health
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Study shows 30 second efforts can improve 10k time
Strides, surges or wind sprints are a part of training for many, but completely unknown to others too. Basically short bursts...
performance