Jonny Mellor

Therme Manchester Marathon preview

This weekend's Therme Manchester Marathon will see athletes competing in the trial race for the chance to represent England at the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham.The race is also hosting the British Athletics marathon trial for the 2022 European Athletics Championships in Munich and the British Athletics 50k trial for the 2022 European 50k Championships in Avila, Spain.

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beautiful scene

Chasing new trails and scenic pathway runs

If you are training to take on the challenge of running an endurance event you will need to do some long runs and many foot contacts with the ground in training. In other words, you will carry out repetitive training in order to achieve your goals. The problem with fast repetitions is that it can lead to over-use injury and it can become boring but not if you vary your surface, your routes and the scenery.

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Peak trail runners

The LSD weekend run

What does your normal weekend morning training consist of? For many, it is a long, slow run, often with company and it will last for an hour or more. Sunday morning normally works well for this session that is part of the runner's staple diet. We are often off work and so have time to take our time, as it were! This long run is often referred to as long slow distance or LSD and is a term present in the vocabulary of runners and cyclists training for long events.

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