Steve Vernon appointed WCP Endurance Performance Manager
UK Athletics have appointed Steve Vernon as the World Class Programme (WCP) Endurance Performance Manager to lead the programme for endurance events.
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March 2022
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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.
Read moreThe 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.
Read moreThreshold Sports signs up HEINEKEN as Endure24 title sponsor
Threshold Sports, one of the UK's fastest growing sports events agencies, has announced a new title sponsor for the multi-award winning Endure24 series in the UK's leading pub, beer and cider business, HEINEKEN.
Read moreAlzheimer’s Society to be Richmond’s Running Charity of the Year
The Richmond RUNFEST and 'timeoutdoors' Kew The Run is proud to announce Alzheimer's Societyas their Charity of the year for 2022.
Read moreKempton Park running festival is ‘Off to the races’
A new series of races for animals with two legs has launched within the flat Kempton Park Racecourse grounds in South West London, taking place across the weekend of the May 28th and 29th.
Read moreGlobal medal for Marc Scott at the World Indoor Championships
The World Championships in Belgrade proved a tall order for the best in Britain with injury proving a limiting factor for some of the potential medallists including Keely Hodgkinson and Elliot Giles. There were, however, breakthrough performances including a bronze medal for Marc Scott who won his first global track medal in a terrific tussle with the favourites.
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