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Flex Your Ankles for Speed
Use these three simple exercises to pick up the pace on your next workout. The need for speed is a small flame that burns deep within all runners, regardless of ability or pace. And while there are...
View Article5 Ways to Hack Your Training When You’re Short on Time
Getting out there for a quick run is better than not getting out at all. For the past year, I haven’t been training for anything. I’ve been working my way back into shape after having a baby and...
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64 kilometres run in the Under Armour HOVR Infinite – here’s the lowdown
It’s a high-mileage shoe, perfect for marathon training. Built for: Road Buy Men’s Buy Women’s Connected footwear If you’ve ever suffered the frustration of waiting for your GPS watch to connect,...
View ArticleHow To Tackle A Half-Marathon
Believe it or not, if your long runs are up to five kilometres, you’re ready to train for a half-marathon. Running 21.1 kilometres might seem impossible now, but you will make it, as long as you take...
View Article4 Reasons Why Tune-Up Races Will Help You Crush Your Marathon Goals
Even top professionals hit the track before they’re in perfect shape. Here’s how (and why) a handful of tune-ups will improve your goal race performance. Leo Manzano didn’t make a career running in the...
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6 Exercises to Improve Running Form
Target your glutes, hips, and arms with these pre- and post-run moves to make running feel easy and effortless. Good running form happens on the roads, of course. But there are simple exercises you can...
View ArticleEverything You Need to Know About the Marathon Taper
Love it or hate it, the taper is one of the most important aspects of marathon training and key to performing your best on race day. If you’ve ever trained for a marathon, then chances are you’ve...
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How to Recover After a Marathon
Every recovery is different, but here are some strategies that can help speed up yours. First of all, congratulations! You just completed a marathon. While the hard work is over, there is still one...
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Run less K’s to get a 5K PB with this training method
What is the 10-20-30 method? Looking to bag a parkrun PB this summer? Following the new 10-20-30 training method can boost 5K running performance and overall health – with less training. That’s the...
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Your guide to CROSS-TRAINING
Cross-training, sometimes referred to as circuit training, refers to combining exercises of other disciplines, different than that of the athlete in training. In reference to running, cross-training is...
View Article3 Ways to Improve Your Marathon Finish Time
Q I’m training for my third marathon this spring and want to improve my speed without getting injured. I’ve had a variety of aches and pains through the past two seasons of training and would love to...
View ArticleHow to Add CrossFit to Marathon Training
Q How do you incorporate strength training in with a half or full marathon training plan? I recently trained for a half, adding high-intensity strength workouts like Bootcamp and CrossFit. I was extra...
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The 7 Habits of Highly Effective Marathoners
If you want to run your best 42K this year, you’ll need to do more than log KMs and complete key workouts. These strategies will help you set appropriate goals, persevere when the going gets tough and...
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RW Half-Marathon Plan for Beginners
A beginner plan, developed by RW experts, for those who are consistently running 24 to 32 kilometres per week with a long run of at least 10 kilometres. Key Unless otherwise noted, run all kilometres...
View ArticleAm I Overtraining for My Marathon?
Q I’m running my first marathon since 1990, though I’ve been running consistently for nearly 30 years and ran two half-marathons last spring. For support, I’ve joined a local runner’s group, and our...
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4 Marathon Day Mistakes
Just hours after completing a recent marathon, I raised a bittersweet toast to a race I was already eager to forget. Training for it had cost me countless pancake breakfasts with my kids, and attending...
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7 Tips for Fuelling Your First Marathon
Practise your nutrition during training and get to the starting line prepared. As you log your kilometres, you also need to practise your nutrition, a crucial part of getting you through 42 kilometres....
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How to Prevent Marathon Fatigue
Q I did my first marathon last year. I’m 52 and my time was 4:01:05 and I was happy with that but want to break the four-hour mark. Around the 34-35-kilometre mark my quads started burning. Would doing...
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Don’t Sabotage Your Race Before It Even Starts
Do not let all your hard work and preparation go down the drain. It didn’t take me long to figure out how I sabotaged my Boston Marathon qualifying race. In fact, I figured it out as I was walking in...
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Our beginner half marathon training schedule
Build up gradually and you’ll be able to run faster than you ever thought you could Beginners who decide to challenge themselves with a half-marathon have a lot to juggle. They have to develop the...
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