1. I believe that running fast is a skill that everyone can learn 2. I believe that life is a succession of moments. To live each one is to succeed. 3. I believe that my family are the most important thing in my life. 4. I believe that hard work and dedication are qualities that are seriously undervalued in today’s world. 5. I believe it is better to educate and encourage than it is to bully and belittle. 6. I believe that there is real magic in enthusiasm. It spells out the difference between mediocrity and accomplishment. 7. I believe that there are few greater pleasures than the sensation of running fast with the sun on your face and the wind in your hair. 8. I believe that smiling is contagious. 9. I believe that everyone … [Read more...]
I don’t think much of a man who is not wiser today than he was yesterday. – Abraham Lincoln
June 29, 2009 By Leave a Comment
People have been running competitively for many years and during that time, an acquired wisdom has built up over running training and what you need to do to be successful. Over the years, trends have come and gone – following Zatopek’s success, everyone was running intervals; following the success of Arthur Lydiard’s runners, everyone ran 100 miles per week. So is the wisdom of previous years still valid today? ‘Lore of Running’ is a mighty tome authored by one of the world’s leading experts on distance running Tim Noakes. In it he describes the 15 Laws of Training based on the records of Arthur Newton, a competitive runner in the 1920s and 1930s. Can something developed before performance laboratories, sports science and … [Read more...]