Cold, wet, icy and snowy, on the surface, winter certainly seems like a season for staying inside. But winter running can be so much more than just running on the treadmill.
Tips to Make Winter Running More Enjoyable
Category: Training
Learn about the different concepts in running training, how to structure your sessions and training blocks, and why. All articles in this category aim to provide you with the necessary knowledge for you to optimise your training.
Marathon Recovery: How to Resume Training After a Marathon
Marathon recovery takes time but is often low on the list of priorities for most runners.
Running With a Stroller: Everything You Need to Know
Much like run commuting, bringing a kid along for a run is an underestimated life hack. Running with a stroller can help the busy runner better balance training and family life.
Aerobic Running Improves Your Engine
To become a faster runner, you need to improve your aerobic capacity. How do you improve your aerobic capacity?
Running Goals That Help You Improve as a Runner
Setting running goals that are functional can help you become a more confident and focused runner. Carefully picked targets for both the short and long term are your answers when you inevitably find yourself asking "Why am I doing this?"
Running Strides Improves Form, Speed and Recovery
An often overlooked aspect of training among runners is the importance of running strides. It seems everyone is aware of how strides can help, yet so many ignore them in their routines.
Running With a Cold Is OK — Sometimes
A commonly discussed question among runners is whether running with a cold is smart. Or is it just foolish?
Tough or Smart? Balancing Running Training and Rest
Push through or take an unplanned rest day? Ask any dedicated runner, and they will tell you about the difficulty of answering this question.
Recovery Run: The Forgotten Running Intensity
Stress plus rest equals growth. In the book Peak Performance, running coach Steve Magness and his co-author Brad Stulberg coined this equation.
An Introduction to Running Training Intensity
Find out all about why you need to run slower to become faster. And learn how to monitor and categorise the intensity of your runs.