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High or low carbs? Smart Carbs to fuel your training
If you're a runner, cyclist, or any other type of endurance athlete, you've probably put in the hard work to get ready for your next race. But what if we told you that there was an easy way to improve your performance? All it takes is some smart carb-fuelling and hydration strategies.
Hydrate Early and Often
When you're training, it's best to h...
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Why Vitamin D is Absolutely Essential for Ultra Runners
Having been on holiday in Spain for 2 weeks, where I soaked up the sun as I partook in several hiking trails in Alicante's Costa Blanca, to then return home to take a blood test, the last result I expected to have was a low vitamin D rate. As a frequent hiker and climber, maintaining a good vitamin D rate is very important as scientific research...
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Beat the Heat - How to Run a Marathon in Sun
The UK certainly isn't known for it's long hot summers, which means that when the sun does break through the cloud we often get caught unprepared. For most people that means nothing more than a bad tan line or two. For marathon runners though the hot weather can cause you real problems. Not only could your time take a hit (if you finish at all) ...
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Everyone loves an easy run right?
Everyone loves an easy run right? If you don’t then you’re probably not doing it right.
One of the most common mistakes we see in runners training for marathon and above is the “easy run smashed”. Too many people attack their easy running like it’s race day and you’re hitting the home straight, which really defeats the object of the run itself....
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50 Spring Wins Download (free) - 50 tips to get that Spring Bounce into your running
Please download by clicking here and you can open the file on your smartphone tablet of laptop, or even a PC!
Thanks to all the folk who helped put these ideas together, more detailed bios in the download, happy running
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Fuelling A Long Run
Chia Charge sponsored athlete Eilish MCColgan is a 3 time Olympian and if your read to the end you can see her latest achievements (we pinched the text from Wikipedia)
Fuelling A Long Run by Eilish McColgan
Now I know many fans of Chia Charge are avid Ultra-runners so my long run will sound very meagre in comparison but it’s an area of my traini...
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A Failed BGR - When Defeat Tastes Sweet
The Bob Graham Round is a fell running challenge in the English Lake District. It is named after Bob Graham, a Keswick guest-house owner, who in June 1932 broke the Lakeland Fell record by traversing 42 fells within a 24-hour period. Traversing the 42 fells, starting and finishing at Keswick Moot Hall, involves 66 miles (106 km) with 26,900 fee...
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Getting by with a Little Help from Friends: a tale of an FKT attempt weekend across the Lakes, Dales & Damp; Moors
Almost all of my running miles used to be enjoyed alone; stolen moments for myself when I would tear down the woods or plod across the fields. Music would be blaring and my heart rate would rise until it beat in unison with whatever uptempo racket I'd selected from Spotify. Without fail, I'd always feel better afterwards. I'd imagine that my wo...
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5 Reasons to Love the Long Run this Winter
Regardless of what distance you run or what terrain you do it on, all us distance runners tend to have one thing in common - the long run.
Reason 1: Practice Using your Kit
It might seem that every blog we write, starts or finishes with a variation on this point. But we really can't overstate just how important properly testing out your kit i...
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7 ways to motivate yourself to run
As the weather begins to turn colder and life continues to come up with new distractions, we all find ourselves feeling like we just want to lie in front of the TV rather than pull on those trainers every once in a while. However, we also all know that feeling of regret if you do miss a workout, so here are 7 tips to help you to motivate yoursel...
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5 Reasons to Love the Long Run this Summer
Regardless of what distance you run or what terrain you do it on, all us distance runners tend to have one thing in common - the long run.
Reason 1: Practice Using your Kit
It might seem that every blog we write, starts or finishes with a variation on this point. But we really can't overstate just how important properly testing out your kit i...
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Tips for How to run in the heat
Somehow it doesn't quite seem right, to be checking the weather for the week and seeing that multiple days are sunny and 30 plus degrees. Here in the UK we might love the sun but we aren't always the best at handling it especially when it comes to getting those miles in.
Soaring temps, a scorching sun and high humidity doesn't mean that you hav...
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