Run further with the Sennheiser training site
Trail blazing, logging the miles and the perfect race...(or not, as it so often seems!)
More new content has been added to the runbritain Sennheiser training site as we continue to build up our library of articles and help you become the best you can be!
runfurther: Trail blazing
If you're planning on racing on the roads, you will need to do some of your training on the roads, but it will be of benefit to mix and match your surfaces and combine your road running with off-road where the surface is a bit more forgiving. Your joints, muscles, tendons and ligaments will thank you for the relief of a softer surface every now and again.
runfurther: Logging the miles
Once you have put pen to paper and set a target or goal and have planned a programme to take you there, it's time to start the training. However, the pen pushing doesn't stop there! It is important that you record your training by keeping a diary or a log. In this you can record the distance you covered, the time it took you to run it, how easy or difficult the route was, how the weather helped or hindered, your heart rate, how you felt going into the run, during and after and much more. But why would you do this? Well, there are many reasons...
runfurther: What could possibly go wrong?
It is very rare that you have the perfect build up to a race and even rarer to run the perfect race. In fact, if you did, you would probably quit and move onto some other challenge such as bungee jumping or swimming with sharks! We all make mistakes, after all, we are only human. The good thing is that we learn from these mistakes. Even better is to learn from other people's mistakes! This article looks at things that commonly go wrong and what you might do to prevent them.