I’d mentioned in a previous post about the importance of developing your speed endurance to improve your average speed over a race. To improve your speed, you must be able to hold your technical form while you are running so that you can execute power with each stride for the duration of the race. When …
If you are doing one of the sprinting races (100m, 200m, 400m), you are likely to be called up to participate in the relay race. Relays are exciting and are a challenge for the athlete. But the race cannot be won if the baton is dropped. The purpose of the event is to exchange the …
Below are some really inspirational running documentaries that you should check out. I am Bolt You can see the trailer below. Click here to buy the documentary on Amazon. Michael Johnson: Survival of the Fastest You can watch the documentary below Endurance (Haile Gebrselassie) Click here to buy the documentary on Amazon. Ultramarathon The Barkley …
Many people that start running find themselves short of breath and unable to maintain the intensity that is required for their run. There are a couple of things to this. How can you improve your breathing technique while running? Inhale through your nose You want to inhale as much oxygen as possible in through your …
If you want to improve your running performance, you need to build your speed endurance. And the way that you will build your speed endurance is by running with more intensity for longer. To achieve this, you need to build up your cardiovascular strength, which means you need to be able to train your body …
It’s really important that you understand how your body works so you can minimize the risk of injury. One of the things that runners will experience is lower back pain. Unfortunately, runners won’t understand why or how they are getting the pain in their lower back. And when the pain comes, what they need to …
One of the methods that you can use to test the power that you can exert is with a vertical jump test. The way many people do it is they try to see how high they can get. And then measure it by the highest reach. To get a better measurement, you want to measure …
Getting a great start in a race will put you at an advantage. Once you are in front at the start, the rest of the field has to play catch-up with your pace, speed, and deceleration. If you have done the right speed-endurance conditioning training, your competitors will find it difficult to catch you if …
Have you considered how much your speed endurance and running technique impact your running performance? Especially with sprinters that seem to accelerate towards the end of a race, they are actually slowing down at a rapid pace due to their muscles fatiguing. The only way to overcome this is to build your speed endurance. If …
The thought of jogging when you have never done it or you just want to start doing some physical activity is daunting. So in this post, we are going to provide some cues and tactics that will help you start jogging and progress your jogging and running performance. Before you start running, establish if you …