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 …
By Fast Running Club Coaches · Updated September 2026 There’s no such thing as a dedicated hurdle spike anymore. Hurdlers race in sprint spikes, but the best ones for hurdles share three things: a stiff plate for fast, reactive ground contacts between barriers, a secure heel so your trail leg doesn’t slip, and a durable …
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One of the things that worked for me while I was growing up was training on grass areas in nothing but my bare feet. As I got older, I became accustomed to synthetic tracks and forgot about the benefits of training in bare feet. When I resumed some basic bare feet training, I found that …
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By Fast Running Club Coaches · Updated September 2026 The 400m is a sprint, but it’s a long one. You need a stiff plate for speed, and also enough cushioning and comfort to hold your mechanics when the lactic hits in the final 100m. That’s why many 400m runners race in a slightly more forgiving …
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Would you like to know some exercises that can help you carve off a few milliseconds or even seconds in your race? We’ve decided to show you a few exercise drills that will train your body to move in a way so that you will maximise your speed and sprinting efforts. High Knees These are …
Want to know how to run faster? Use these speed drill exercises. Read More »