Calli Thackery

Weekend update

There were plenty of quality results over the weekend with Calli Thackery the pick of the performances with a World Championship qualifying time over 5000m at the Watford BMC races. Ben Pattison also ran a Eugene qualifying time with a PB over 800m and Sarah Inglis did likewise over 5000m.

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Bournemouth 21k singe runner coast

Steady running could be the key for you

How do you run? Easy? Steady? Fast? Perhaps you do a bit of all of them but what do those words mean? What pace is steady and how does steady-state running make you able to run further or faster?

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Jake Wightman

Weekend update

The extended Jubilee Weekend provided outstanding results with the best performances coming from Eilish McColgan who set a Scottish record over 10 000m and Jake Wightman who won the Diamond League 1500m in Rabat, Morocco.

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Max Burgin 17

Racing update

Max Burgin provided one of the highlights of the week with a 1:44 800m performance in Ostrava on Tuesday night. On home soil, Gemma Steel and John Beattie were the fastest parkrunners.

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jog calf rear

Barriers to running

So you've heard all of the reasons why you should run: the health benefits, the social scene, the accessibility in terms of cost and places to do it but there is still that little gremlin sitting on your shoulder telling you that it's not for you!

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Stephen Scullion Dublin

Mental toughness

When you are trying to convince your sedentary friends to take up running how do you sell it? Do you talk about the freedom and how relaxed, happy and full of life you feel? This is a great image of running but we probably know that it doesn't always feel like that.

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