Category: Training
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A Primer on Ground Contact Time in Running
What is ground contact time in running, and why should you care about it? Learn all about the metric in this extensive article.
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Understanding Ground Contact Time Imbalance While Running
Runners often tend to focus on stride length or cadence when trying to tighten up their form. An often overlooked factor worth consideration is ground contact time balance–or, in many cases, imbalance.
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How Does Age Impact Maximum Heart Rate?
Maximum heart rate is a critical reference point for calculating accurate heart rate zones. But how does this change with age?
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Running Training Periodisation: How to Structure Your Training
If you want to run fast, your training year needs structure. Learn about periodisation, and the different phases of training throughout a year.
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Training Plans and Best-Case Outcomes
Hoping for the best is fine. Your training plan, however, should be rooted in realism, and not tailored for a best-case outcome.
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Moderate Running Builds Endurance and Strength
Moderate running is the safest way to build strength and resilience. Learn the details about this intensity zone, and how to implement it in your training.
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Running Training Intensity for Beginners
Training too hard is a common mistake for new runners. Learn how to approach running in a sustainable manner, that will allow you to make regular running a part of your life.
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10 Tips To Make Running a Habit
Establishing a running habit is difficult. Learn how to overcome the challenge, and make running a staple in your life.
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Train, Don’t Strain: The Optimal Running Workout Intensity
Learn how economics gives us insight into what the optimal running workout intensity is, and why you should control your training to optimise long term progress.
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Why Consistency is Key to Progressing as a Runner
Learn why consistency is the single most important factor if you want to improve as a runner.
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Make Consistency Your #1 Running Goal
Do you want to take your running to the next level? Stop overreaching, and embrace “good enough” to foster consistency week after week, month after month.
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Tips to Make Winter Running More Enjoyable
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.