by RunThrough | Mar 16, 2018 | Runners Blogs, Training Plans
It can be hard to keep the discipline and following your plan before your mind starts playing tricks and you start to come up with all sorts of excuses. Here is how I juggled the kids school half term break and my running – it’s not easy, but with a solid...
by RunThrough | Sep 5, 2017 | Runners Blogs, Training Plans, Uncategorized
You warm up, you run, you cool down. A few stretches here and there (if you remember). But are you including mobility work into your training routine? Mobility is a combination of flexibility and strength. Doing dynamic and static stretches is half the battle and...
by RunThrough | Jan 4, 2017 | Training Plans
Andy Vernon; GB Olympic athlete and European Athletics Championship medallist has written us a 12 week Half Marathon plan. The plan is split into 4 phases, and is aimed at all abilities, including those who haven’t done much running previously. If...
by Ben Green | Jan 3, 2014 | Training Plans
Training for a Marathon in 16 weeks and 3 phases Training for the marathon is never going to be easy. The marathon is the ultimate running challenge and you need to be focused, disciplined and motivated to get through it. But don’t worry; you will reap the...
by Matt Wood | Dec 23, 2013 | Training Plans, Types of Training
A tempo run means a ‘continuous run at just below race pace’ and is an important part of any runners training schedule. A tempo run trains your body to run on the lactic threshold, so the point before lactic sets in, for a extended period of time...
by Ben Green | Nov 29, 2013 | Training Plans, Types of Training
The recovery or steady run is going to be the most common type of run in a runner’s training schedule. These runs are basically designed to prepare the body for the ‘real’ training sessions of the plan, such as interval sessions, threshold...
