Winning Olympic Gold

"Develop a base of several months of long aerobic runs, then begin interspersing several interval workouts per week. These intervals should be of varying distances, from 200s through 800s, should start at gentle paces but culminate with much sharper sessions as the runner approaches a targeted race... That's it. That's the only training you need to win a [...]

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The Health Benefits of Running

Everyone knows regular exercise keeps you happy and healthy, inside and out. But why is it so good for you? Here's the science behind running and how it improves the way your [...]

Strength Training – Progressive Overload

Progressive overload essentially means doing more work over time. This principle is based on the concept that your body eventually adapts to the demands placed on it. To [...]

Importance of Run Duration

The great endurance coach Arthur Lydiard wrote, "Aerobic training at moderately high volumes is absolutely essential in developing the endurance athlete. Increased numbers [...]

Running Economy

In many sports, speed is an important attribute and ways to improve speed are constantly sought after. To improve speed, you need to increase stride length and/or stride [...]

Warm-up/Cool down

Time spent on warming up and cooling down may help improve an athlete's level of performance and accelerate the recovery process needed before and after training or [...]

Recovery runs – Slow down to speed up

Occasionally slowing down your pace can actually make you run faster in the long-term. That means running at a pace that doesn’t tax your body. The most common mistake most [...]

Indoor/Winter Track & Field

Competing this winter may be the ticket to fast times during the spring! The winter indoor season serves as a dress rehearsal for what’s to come outdoors. Many of the [...]

Plyometrics

Speed and strength are integral components of fitness found in varying degrees in virtually all athletic movements. Simply put the combination of speed and strength is power. [...]