Endurance Strength Training - Optimising muscle mass

Can body fat loss and lean muscle gain be targeted with nutritional supplements?

Bleeding risk for ultra runners

Optimum Running Performance and Body Fat Levels

learn how to increase speed to make a quick getaway

Can altitude training help endurance athletes reach new heights?

Does glucosamine really work?

Slow Training: Why long, slow training runs may be best after all

Muscle Cramps : No link between hydration and cramps

Caffeine dehydration : Caffeine and alcohol - just how dehydrating are they?

Drugs in sport: From EPO to gene doping: Ron Maughan on the ceaseless quest for the undetectable magic bullet and the sterling efforts of the 'good guys' to stay ahead of the game

Marathon world record: The day of the two-hour marathon

Endurance muscles: Why endurance athletes cannot afford to ignore the vital contribution of fast-twitch muscle fibres

Carbohydrates: Forget fancy supplements - carbohydrates are even more important than you'd thought, for strength as well as endurance

The Peak Performance index of back issues

Distance running veterans - Is ageing inevitable - or simply the result of 'detraining'?

A marathon training schedule for the non-specialist, which has been tested in the lab and on the roads

Marathon injuries: Injury risks for marathon 'virgins'

Nature and nurture in Ethiopian endurance running success

Risks of long-term detraining for endurance athletes

Athletes and eating disorders - Too thin to win: why athletes who lose weight to enhance performance are dangerously misguided

Osteoporosis - female athletes distance running injuries : why distance running can be bad for bones

The effect of increasing the flexibility of joints on distance running

Half-marathon and 5K workouts - These are the 'golden workouts' for success

Cross-country runners: Owen Anderson answers training queries

Beyond the marathon

The training programme used by former New York Marathon winner Tegla Loroupe

Swimmers' immune systems tumble in response to competition; glutamine doesn't help, but sugar does.

If you want to be as successful as Kenywan distance runners you need to train like them!

Whether you aim to run a marathon, perform step aerobics, scrummage for Harlequins, or cycle the London to Brighton, you shouldn't neglect a proper conditioning routine as part of your training if you want to achieve muscular balance and avoid injury.

Hyperbaric Therapy: If you're an injured runner, should you breathe in pure oxygen to hasten the healing process? That's what some sports scientists are recommending, as the inhalation of oxygen under high pressure (also called hyperbaric oxygen therapy) becomes an increasingly popular form of treatment for hurting athletes.

Here's an exclusive report on a world-record attempt made in (or about) the year 2025

Interval Training 2: How to strike and sustain VO2max gold, and other benefits of high-quality workouts

Marathon Carbohydrates: Which works best before and during a marathon: carbs in liquid or solid form?

Weight And Performance: If you want to win more races, lose some weight.

Distance Running & Testosterone: Can distance running determine the sex of your children