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13 Running Tips For Your Next Half-Marathon
by Peter Hier | Jul 22, 2025 | Technical Articles
We’ve gathered 13 great tips for your next half-marathon race. Here's one for every mile (the final 0.1 mile will be a breeze!) Nutrition 1) Eat enough to fuel your training. Now is not a time to cut calories and be hungry. Fuel up with whole foods, protein, carbs,...
Stop Making These 5 Hydration Mistakes
by Nicola Joyce | Jul 11, 2025 | Technical Articles
Feel better and run faster by taking hydration seriously Getting your hydration levels wrong can have a serious impact on your running - and recovery. It’s not just about how fast you run. Being dehydrated can affect your digestion, your heart, and even your brain....
The Best Hydrating Foods For Hot Days
by Nicola Joyce | Jul 8, 2025 | Technical Articles
Stay super hydrated with nature’s best foods for summer running It’s so important to stay hydrated, especially over these hot summer months. Drinking more water isn’t enough. Your body also needs minerals and electrolytes. Nature knows best, so stock up on these...
9 Tips For Running In Hot Weather
by Nicola Joyce | Jun 18, 2025 | Technical Articles
Stay safe and get the most from your running Whether you’re racing, training, or simply enjoying the occasional run this summer, our 9 hot-weather rules will help you feel better (and run faster). #1 It’s OK To Scale Back You might like to run 5 times a week, but...
Why does running feel harder in hot weather?
by Nicola Joyce | Jun 16, 2025 | Technical Articles
Understand why running can feel different in warm summer weather If you struggle to run as far (or as fast) in hot weather, read our guide to hot weather running. Once you know what happens to your body when you run in hot weather, you can form the best stray for...
How to build half-marathon endurance from scratch
by Nicola Joyce | May 27, 2025 | Technical Articles
Train to improve your speed endurance for long distances What does it take to run long distances? The word endurance is often used, but what you actually need is something more specific: speed endurance. Speed endurance describes your body’s ability to hold a faster...
How To Train For A Sub-2 Hour Half Marathon
by Nicola Joyce | May 27, 2025 | Technical Articles
Smash your sub-2 hour half marathon goal with our training guide Finishing a half marathon in under 2 hours is a big goal for lots of runners. It’s achievable but not easy; challenging but not impossible. Here’s how to do it. What does it take to run a sub-2 hour half...
Boost Running Recovery With Nature’s Anti-Inflammatories
by Nicola Joyce | May 20, 2025 | Technical Articles
Recover from high volume running training with these simple natural foods Training for a half marathon can leave you stiff, sore, and swollen. Did you know you can use foods to bring down inflammation? Here’s how to use nutrition as part of your recovery strategies....
6 Home Treatments For Long-Run Recovery
by Nicola Joyce | May 7, 2025 | Technical Articles
Whether you’ve run a marathon or a long training run, here’s how to recover better - and faster! It’s marathon season! But even if you haven’t run a marathon this spring, you need to know the best ways to recover from long runs. “Long” is a relative term. For some of...
10 Steps To Better Post-Marathon Recovery
by Nicola Joyce | Apr 24, 2025 | Technical Articles
With Spring marathon season in full swing, some of you will be reading this with aching legs, sore calves, and feet that feel like they’ve walked on hot coals. The good news is that any runner can speed up their marathon recovery with a few expert tips. So grab a big...
Your Windsor Half Marathon Training Plan
by Nicola Joyce | Apr 16, 2025 | Technical Articles
Joining us at the Windsor Half Marathon? Training starts here Exciting times, you’ve signed up to the Windsor Half Marathon on Sunday September 28th. Now the training begins. Confused about how to train for your first half marathon? Want to be sure you cover all the...
Make More Of Your Weekly Long Runs
by Nicola Joyce | Apr 8, 2025 | Technical Articles
Long runs are a core part of half marathon training – here’s how to progress yours. The weekly long run is part and parcel of being a runner. Whether you do long runs as training for a race like the Windsor Half Marathon, or simply enjoy them as time out to focus on...