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Simon Bairu – Achieving Standard
© Copyright – 2012 – Athletics Illustrated Canadian 10,000m record holder Simon Bairu, is in no way a shoe-in to represent Canada at the 2012 London Olympic Games, but I wouldn’t bet against him. Saturday, April
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High mileage and low injury rate – preparing the modern runner for Lydiard
Copyright – 2012 – Athletics Illustrated By Rene Borq Injury rates in runners for the past 60 years make depressing reading for any runner and I doubt there are many coaches out there who have not
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Renato Canova, Arthur Lydiard Roundtable – Champions Everywhere
Are Canova and Lydiard essentially based on the same underlying principles? Colin Livingstone: Canova is singing out of the same hymn sheet but does not realise it. Much the same as Cerutty and Lydiard and
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How to Preserve your Relationship when Training with a Member of the Opposite Sex
By Brandon Laan This is not a lecture, rather a gentle reminder. It is no secret that training groups are a breeding ground for budding relationships. One can spend upwards of two hours a day
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The Power of the Foot
© Copyright – 2011- Athletics Illustrated One of the most over-looked pieces of the training puzzle by runners that compete over a range of distances up to ultra-marathons is the strengthening of the foot and
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Cross-country Respect – Where is it?
© Copyright – 2008 – Christopher Kelsall Frankly, it surprises me to no end why women are not waving their collective fists in the air, voices united in song, harmoniously belting out the chorus of
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Refined Damnation – A War with Sugar
© Christopher Kelsall – 2008 – All Rights Reserved. As I understand it and because I may have made this up, for us long distance runners, each pound that we are over our optimum
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