Old Deer Park Richmond 10K (Sunday, November 17, 2013) - Good Run Guide. Tempo Running Events. Groundhog. The Ramblers blazing new trails. 'I'll use a GPS or satnav when my brain packs up.
Until then I'm using a map. " In a cold village hall in the heart of the New Forest, approval rustles among the Gortex-swathed coffee drinkers, as Jez Brown states that real walkers use maps. Jez, like the rest of the 30-odd people in the hall, is a Rambler, and he's here to learn how to design a Ramble from scratch. A new initiative from UK walking and campaigning charity the Ramblers aims to create an online library of British walks, designed and checked by arguably Britain's foremost walking experts – its own members. So far 2,400 new walks, called Ramblers' Routes, have been uploaded to ramblers.org.uk/ramblersroutes. So my boyfriend Nick and I have signed up for a one-day Route Card Development Workshop run by Justin Bend, the scheme's amiably evangelical project manager. "The key to developing a good walk," Justin says, "is to take walkers to a place they want to see.
In the coffee break I confess my reservations to Justin. Running tunes: Readers share favourites. 21 July 2012Last updated at 00:52 GMT A Magazine article on Chariots of Fire - and whether it makes a good running track - generated a large response from readers.
The feature explored whether upbeat tunes helped motivate joggers. Here, 25 readers share their motivational running songs. Numb by Linkin Park is a great running track for me. As the last chorus kicks in it adds another 20% speed - irrespective of how long or how fast I have been running. I tend not to focus on BPM, for me it is more about lyrics - something powerful and challenging will always spur me on.
Matt White, Newcastle-under-Lyme, UK Pruit Igoe, an instrumental track from Philip Glass's Koyaanisqatsi. Luce Gilmore, Cambridge, UK I'm a keen marathon runner and, like Andy Dixon of Runner's World, only listen to music on long runs. It certainly spurs me on and when I hear the intro it definitely gives me extra motivation, especially when I'm finding it difficult or flagging after many miles. Would you run to this beat? Supercharge your fitness with this lunchtime triathlon workout. Tri harder Researchers from the University of Bristol found 72% of those who exercised during a work break reported improvements in time management, 79% found their mental performance boosted, and 74% said they were able to better manage their workload.
The key to improving your productivity lies in the gym. And the key to maximising the fitness benefits of a lunchtime session? High intensity intervals – and variety. This time-crunched triathlon workout from coaches (and Ironman veterans) Dr Philip Skiba and David Tilbury-Davis squeezes three cardio disciplines into a practical lunch-hour session. The pool Towel? Warm up 4 x 100m. Intensity “Your effort level should increase slightly with each 100m but at no point should you feel out of breath,” says Tilbury-Davis. Workout 600m broken up into four chunks with a short rest in between each one: 100m – 200m – 100m – 200m. Intensity “Go at the fastest pace you can manage without losing form or slowing down before the end of the interval.”