The Running World According to DeanAs many runners are now in the early stages of their seasons, I thought I would write something on hill running. Common perception would lead us to believe that running hills makes us stronger, but how does that relate to running speed. There are actually a lot of questions that surround running hills. For example:
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We work so hard to attain solid physical and mental conditioning unfortunately, it doesn’t take long to lose it according to the research. Just how much time off from running before your fitness drops off?
Indeed it is well known that training does great things to your heart. Athletes develop a lower resting heart rate, their hearts [...]
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Ok, I’ve been remiss. My last update was in October. My last comment was my hopes for the New times 5k in November to be in the low 18’s. This was optimistic. I ran 19:33 and was pleased with that. I could have run about 19 flat but ran it with my son - it [...]
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