Saturday, 30 January 2016

Can we calculate what might constitute a junk mile in marathon training?

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Runners often worry that they are wasting their time and effort doing slower additional miles - distance that is referred to as junk miles...
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Friday, 29 January 2016

What makes you a faster runner - pace or distance?

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Before I show what actually happens if one trains in the lands where 'dragons may lie' (long distance slow running), I thought it ...
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Thursday, 28 January 2016

Filling the training parameter space

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The marathon prediction equation produced by Tanda (2011) did not look at the performance of any sub-elite runners, his fastest was 2:47. ...
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Tanda (2011) - A viewpoint

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Giovanni Tanda (2011) looked at the marathon performance of 22 runners who had run a total of 46 marathons (over a 5 year period) at near f...
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Wednesday, 20 January 2016

Predicting marathon performance from training data

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Those who train for a marathon following a pre-prepared plan, of which there are many available, should have a reasonable expectation of ac...
Tuesday, 19 January 2016

What is a training load?

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Training: pushing adaptations in limiting systems Most runners training for a marathon follow some form of standard plan containing a mi...
Monday, 18 January 2016

Meeting the load

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Physiological control systems - hypertrophy and atrophy Running a 'fast' marathon requires a body prepared for the stresses that a...