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So you want to know how to run a faster marathon? We take a look at the various ways you can improve your marathon time, from finding a plan to the types of training sessions you might need to include...
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Here are 10 Ways to Run a Faster Parkrun (or regular 5k). A selection of different training suggestions, as well as other tactics to help you get that PB!
Dehydration can affect anyone, but is of particular concern for runners during the summer months. These signs will help you recognise the symptoms in yourself or another runner.
What is chafing? Chafing is a friction-induced skin injury where the outer layer of skin (epidermis) is rubbed creating microscopic tears, exposing the skin layer below (dermis), which becomes red, raw and irritated. Runners are more susceptible to chafing, along with other...
So, you’ve signed up to do a marathon? There’s a huge number of training plans out there and by now, you’ll probably have decided on which one to follow. If you haven’t found one yet, try the London Marathon website. 26.2 miles...
I am a runner. I am a real runner my friends would now say. “What exactly does that mean?” I ask them. “You wear Lycra, you go to races, and you go running out in the cold”. I do now and indeed...
I remember very clearly the confusion I felt at my friend's jealousy of those running the London Marathon. She'd not got a place and would've given anything to join them, instead she was fated to sulk the whole week before the race...
Running isnt pretty. You huff and puff until youre beetroot red and soaked through with stinky sweat and the occasional tear. Unfortunately, it seems to get worse. The more Ive run the further and longer Ive gone the more disgusting skills Ive...
It’s something, certainly as a female who runs on her own in the dark, I’ve acknowledged but always tried to not think about. You hear warnings and horror stories but you don’t ever expect anything bad to happen to you. And...
Unless I have someone breathing down my neck, screaming instructions, I find intervals hard. I’m sure I’m not alone. They hurt! And when you know that, it’s difficult to inflict that pain on yourself. Alas, you won’t get fast without...
It seems to have been the only reasonable explanation to my non-running friends as to why I wanted to run an ultra-marathon. “I’ve fallen into a bad crowd”, I explained with my tongue firmly in my cheek. Who hasn't been encouraged...
I’m tired. It’s simple as that. It’s that time of year again when darkness seems to creep up on us. We go to work and return in the dark, barely seeing a spot of sun for months. It’s tiring! Everyone seems...
I’ve never been one for number watching. My PBs are simple rewards for gradually becoming a better runner. I’ll run on feel, rather than tirelessly calculating splits and squeezing seconds out of miles. I collect stories, friends and photos rather than...
During this years Marathon Des Sables, Susie Chan decided to use Runderwear. This is how she got on: Running 156 miles through the Sahara desert in the Marathon des Sables, you need to carry everything you need to eat, sleep and...
In every exhibition or race we attend with our Runderwear team we meet members of the armed forces with problems. Servicemen and women all over tell us about their issues with chaffing, and it isn't difficult to see why. Firstly training...
It’s hard being the s**t runner. Not least because you end up so soul-destroyingly far behind, that you start to tell yourself you’re s**t. You knew running in this group would stretch your comfort zone, you didn’t realise you’d end...
