Running

When I first started running it was a beautiful time, everything was new and exciting. I would put my terribly cheap running shoes on. Looking back they were probably the cause of so many injuries. Or so I thought, one of the biggest mistakes I made when I first started running was treating each and every run like a race. I would go out on every run and attack it like it was the the...

What are they? Strides, Pick-ups or Striders they’re all the same thing. Perhaps you’ve heard of them? The short bursts of speed that you are supposed to do after your easy runs. Maybe you haven’t. Something I have noticed is that elite runners swear by them. That’s elite runners from 3km racers to Marathon distance. So don’t for an instant exclude yourself from the group of people that should be doing them because you’re a...