Prevent Achilles tendinopathy while training for your marathon

Prevent Achilles tendinopathy while training for your marathon What is Achilles tendinopathy? The Achilles tendon is the strongest and largest tendon in the human body, connecting the muscles in the calf to the heel bone. This allows for powerful propulsion during activities such as running and jumping. However, excessive or sudden increases in physical activity

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Incorporating Trail Running into Marathon Training

Trail running has provided an interesting new perspective on marathon preparation, an excellent method of achieving and maintaining physical fitness, and offers excellent aerobic and anaerobic training opportunities to escape the urban challenges of traffic. Marathon training requires a large volume of training week after week. Trail running is an exciting alternative form of running

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Heart rate training

                            If you’re a runner looking to improve your performance, you need to understand how hard your body is working in each training session. Heart rate zones, or HR zones, are a way to monitor how hard you’re training. The large majority of runners is training too fast or too long on a regular

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