If done properly, interval running sessions can be a powerful way to gain the much needed speed for that upcoming race. Here are a few tips to get the most out of your training session: Read more >>

One of the least recognized, but potentially most harmful situations that serious endurance athletes often land themselves into is the overtraining syndrome. The overtraining syndrome quite simply means the athlete has done too much. This is often due to the fact that almost all endurance athletes suffer from the same universal misconception: the fear of doing too little. Read more >>

When discovering the joy of running or exercising for the first time, the tendency is to begin each run the same way you mean to continue it, and perhaps even get carried away with yourself if the opening stages. However, gradually one learns the importance of having a proper warm-up schedule either the easy way (by listening to older and wiser heads) or the hard way (getting injured!) Read more >>

Many of us have ambitions to keep up a steady fitness program. Often we will begin one and be inspired by the fact we are doing something new, but then the novelty wears off and our enthusiasm drops off accordingly. Or we start off far too hard, trying to prove a point, and end up succumbing to injury. Here are a few tips to ensure that you can physically and mentally sustain a program for years to come. Read more >>

The word 'fartlek' means 'speed play' in Swedish, and a fartlek run aims to do just that, alternating fast and slow pace during the course of a long run. This system was initially designed in the 1930's by Swedish coach Gösta Holmér for the Swedish cross-country team. This form of training has a number of advantages: Read more >>

When you begin running, the temptation is to look at long distance and marathon runners and immediately want to jump to their level. We think the challenge will be for our cardiovascular system to take the strain of a sudden increase in mileage, but it is actually the muscles and tendons that will give way first! Put simply, one's body needs to gradually 'learn' how to handle long distances. Read more >>

At some stage we've all made grand resolutions and failed to stick to them, and running is no exception. Training for a race is a long-term commitment that requires a gradual increase of effort over time. Read more >>