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Farah loses to Bekele’s tactical nuance
One thing came out of today's GNR with Paula Radcliffe and her commentary, she is no doubt a great time-trialer but seemed to show she knows nothing about the tactical battles that take place at the top level amongst the men. She kept mentioning that Mo Farah was...
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Balance in Running
On the Running Feedback forums I was recently asked about the balance spoken about in so many of the thread replies. Balance in a nutshell is a healthy outlook and enjoyment of one's running, where you run for what it gives you and not primarily giving to running...
MMS – 10k Program success
One of the successes of the 10k Training Programs that I would like to mention is MMS. Marcelo resides in Brazil and came onto The Training Zone forums in 2009. His first post under the title - Improving 10k with regular training was as follows: "I started running on...
INSPIRATION
MMS – 10k Program success
One of the successes of the 10k Training Programs that I would like to mention is MMS. Marcelo resides in Brazil and came onto The Training Zone forums in 2009. His first post under the title - Improving 10k with regular training was as follows: "I started running on...
COACHING
Breaks, Plans and ABnating
With the running of the sub 21 minute 5km, much had been achieved in giving AB the confidence in her ability, however there was still much to do, as you only as good as your last race, in the mind of many. This article follows on from – The Making of the Athlete AB. I...
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Catching the Dopers
Over the last couple of months, 2013, is proving to be a successful year in catching the dopers. The extent of the Russian 'doping scandal' becomes more evident as more and more cheaters are exposed via the retesting of samples from 2005. Before the London Olympics,...
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Your starting point
Why a 4k time-trial for the 10k Training Programs? – This post is associated to the question asked on the Running Feedback Forums, it shall deal with the progressive nature of the 10k training programs and where you start and why you start there.
Thoughts behind the programs
This post has been moved from the forums so that we could refer users to this url when asking similar questions. The following questions were originally asked by JamieH: 1. How much science is there behind the spacing of the 5x2k, Long run and 6x1k in the programme,...
Progressive Training
Often when discussing the 10k Training Programs, I read and reply to users of the forums who discuss training methods and the want to do other sessions such as hillwork to be incorporated into the schedule or tempo runs. Now whereas all these particular sessions are...
Tatyana McFadden
Tatyana McFadden - winner of both the Boston and London marathons this week .. hats off to the US family who adopted her .. Long live the Brave Background: Abandoned by her Russian birth parents in an orphanage, McFadden walked on her hands for the first six years of...
The Hollywood Drive
Once in a while you come across the good salt of the earth runners, those who have a passion and love for the sport of running, and who want to share both their knowledge and enthusiasm. One such person is that 'moustached fellow' and friend, Owen Hollywood. I had the...