After the last few weekend’s of Storm Dennis and Storm Ciara, it might be Ellen’s turn next weekend. In Europe it is new that storms get names. They are only named when the wind force is high. If the storm gets a name, it could just be that a running event is canceled. Very annoying but not unwise. While a race may be cancelled, you can...

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The winning time of 20-year-old Ethiopian Olika Adugna Bikila was not a record for the Standard Chartered Dubai Marathon. Usually the elite athletes run a lot faster than 2:06:15 here. Still, Dubai is one of the fastest marathons in the world and 11 athletes ran faster than 2:07, which is a record for this race! There were only 19 seconds between the...

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We regularly receive interesting practical questions from our readers. We are happy to answer them, so don’t hesitate to contact us at www.thesecretofrunning.com. Last week, Marcel van Boxtel e-mailed that his track coach designs the pace of his interval sessions based on his 10-K time. This is very common. Depending on the interval distance, the...

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The holy grail of distance running has always been to use less energy and oxygen at a certain speed. The recent breakthrough of power meters raises the question whether we can use the new running metrics to learn how to run smarter, more economical and faster?

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