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marathon training

Marathon training: Whether you are a veteran at marathon running or at the beginning of your marathon training, the articles below are for you. Running marathons is not a light-hearted undertaking, so take your marathon training seriously… To browse our library of free sports training articles, browse using the categories on the left or use the search box.

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Marathon Training: distance running in the North Pole

North Pole Marathon: how to cope in cold weather

Glycerol - can it help athletes stay hydrated?

Glycerol - how does it work and are there any downsides?

Strength Training for Endurance Athletes

Endurance Strength Training - Optimising muscle mass

Pilates for Running with Caroline Sandry

Pilates for Running with Caroline Sandry

In this video TV presenter, personal trainer and Pilates expert Caroline Sandry takes you through a number of Pilates exercises that are of specific benefit to runners.

Improve your distance-running performance

Explosive type strength training enhances distance-running performance

Allergy Information for Marathon Athletes

Probiotics don’t help reduce pollen allergy in marathon runners

Cycling Training improves sports performance

Can bike training improve the performance of non-cycling athletes?

Body Fat and Running Performance

Optimum Running Performance and Body Fat Levels

Time Efficient Running - run less to run faster?

Running efficiency training ideas

Allergic rhinitis in endurance athletes

Allergic rhinitis in endurance athletes

Hiigh sodium drinks

High Sodium Drinks: Sodium, plasma and performance

slow training

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

hydration

Hydration : How to calculate your personal fluid needs

muscle cramps

Muscle Cramps : No link between hydration and cramps

gastric emptying

Gastric Emptying : How variable-intensity exercise slows gastric emptying

caffeine dehydration

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

marathon world record

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

How Athletes Perform Under Pressure

Choking under pressure

distance running veterans

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

london marathon

London marathon: Lies, damned lies and statistics: what we know about the incidence of injury, illness and death in the London Marathon

scientific training | marathon training

Scientific training: How one former couch potato found a talent and then called on the appliance of science to become an elite performer

marathon training schedule

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

marathon runners

Marathon runners: Metabolic markers of peak performance

marathon injuries

Marathon injuries: Injury risks for marathon 'virgins'

carbohydrate drinks

Carbohydrate drinks: Carbohydrates and perceived exertion

Haile Gebrselassie and sports drinks

Haile Gebrselassie - How Fast Might Geb Have Run the London Marathon with the Help of a Good Sports Drink?

400m workouts | marathon workouts

These are the 'golden' workouts for the key distances from 400m to the marathon

Marathon running: common mistakes to avoid in your marathon training plan

Make sure your marathon training schedule is not littered with mistakes

athletes' lungs | training | asthma | lung diseases

How training takes its toll on athletes' lungs

Distance events

Distance Events: The risks of going long: when the super-fit endurance athlete turns into the heart attack victim

Metabolism

Metabolism: You do have a 'fat-burning zone', but do you really want to go there to burn off fat?

Sport-specific training

Sport-specific Training: The ultimate training programme: an indispensable year plan for runners

Marathon

Beyond the marathon

High speed running tests | marathon

High-speed running tests are excellent predictors of marathon finishing time

dehydration and performance

Dehydration And Performance: We've said it before and we'll say it again: even on cool days, dehydration can seriously damage your performance. Here's a guide to avoiding it

endurance athletes workouts

Endurance Athletes Workouts: You may (mistakenly) think this training method is old hat,
but it is brilliant for endurance athletes. Here are a couple of suggested workouts

Fluid replacement

Fluid Replacement: Regular topping-up is far more than a matter of just quenching thirst.

Marathon winner

Marathon Winner: The remarkable schedule of the girl who won the New York Marathon.

Nutrition for soccer players

Nutrition for soccer players: How soccer players can overcome the second-half slump.

Immune system

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

Pre-workout stretching

Pre-workout Stretching: Does stretching before a workout increase the risk of injury?

abdominal muscle exercises, lower back pain exercises and injury prevention

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.

Caffeine

Caffeine: Endurance cyclists, triathletes, skiers, and runners still take caffeine before their long-distance efforts, even though no study has ever linked the nerve-jangling chemical with heightened competitive performances over marathon-type distances.

Bodybuilders: myths about nutrition

Bodybuilders: Myths About Nutrition: How do bodybuilders keep going on this diet of myths and contradictions?

endurance athletes illnesses

Endurance athletes illnesses: Anti oxidants may lower risk of respiratory tract infections in endurance athletes.

Running Performance in 2025

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

Exercise and immunity

Exercise And Immunity: How your diet affects your immune system when you train

Sports supplements

Sports Supplements: Experts determine what's really in bee pollen - but does the stuff actually work?

Marathon carbohydrates

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

Creatine Effects

Creatine Effects: A man who is showing athletes how to use advances in sports nutrition to produce dramatic improvements in their performances.

Overspeed training

Overspeed Training: Does making your legs work faster than normal actually make you a quicker athlete?

Choline

Choline: Supplements of this essential compound have helped swimmers, basketball players and distance runners

endurance athletes immune systems

Endurance Athletes Immune Systems: Endurance athletes who swill a carbohydrate drink are not only helping their muscles but also their immune systems.

Half marathon training

Half Marathon Training: The key to improving your half-marathon times is in your 10K running.

Veteran runners, foot speed

Veteran Runners: improve your foot speed

periodisation training techniques

Periodisation Training Techniques 2: If you want to improve your performances, you can't train the same way all the time

Endurance running

Endurance Running: The slippery problem of taking in sustenance when you're on the move.

Marathon drinking

Marathon Drinking: How many drinks stations can you afford to miss in a marathon?

Running economy 2

Running Economy 2: A brief history of the strengthening of the economy, and why it matters

Running economy 1

Running Economy 1: Here are some of the things your mum forgot to tell you about putting one foot in front of the other

marathon training schedules and workouts

Marathon Training Schedules - If you're planning to run a marathon, here's what to do in the crucial four weeks before it

marathon workouts

Marathon workouts - If you're planning to run a marathon, here's what to do in the crucial four weeks before it

hamstring exercises | hamstring stretches

Hamstring exercises: How to keep your hamstrings in tune and singing sweetly

Speed workouts | speed exercises

Speed Work and speed exercises: Speed work does not mean drudgery on the track, and it should never be "rubbish speed"!

Stored elastic energy

Stored Elastic Energy: Imagine the athletes' muscles are like the rubbery part of a catapult...

PMT and performance

PMT and performance

Nourishing the immune system

If you suspect your immune system is getting flabby, toughen it up with nutrients.

800 metres

800 Metres: Coaches and runners are confused about how to train optimally for 800-metre racing, and with good reason. After all, there's a wealth of scientific information about training for 400 metres, 5000 metres, 10,000 metres, and the marathon, but almost no research has been done concerning 800-metre training. As a result, thoughts about 800 preparations tend to be long on philosophy and anecdote -and short on fact

Preparing for your first marathon

Preparing For Your First Marathon: If you're planning to run your first marathon this year, as more and more people are, what should you do to prepare for it properly? Experts disagree on the exact details, but it's safe to say that the "more is better" philosophy is currently holding sway.

Training volume

Training Volume: Long workouts and fast twitch muscles - a nice combination

Nutrition for Football Players | Football Diet

Diet and nutrition for football players: How soccer players can overcome the second-half slump.

Nutrition for Football Players | Football Diet

Diet and nutrition for football players: How soccer players can overcome the second-half slump.

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