Running calculators, tips and tricks

Simply enter your current age into the Max Heart Rate Calculator below to calculate your approximate max heart rate. Read the notes underneath to understand what the maximum heart rate calculated can be used for and how max HR is useful, along with alternative methods to figure max heart rate accurately. Notes about this Max […]

If you have always been a road runner, you should consider trail running as a way to improve your overall fitness. Elite Kenyan runners wouldn’t dream of pounding out all their miles on hard, paved surfaces, preferring to do many of their workouts on dirt tracks. Whilst trying to copy their running plans would be […]

This Pace Speed Converter page makes it easy to see how fast you are aiming at. Runners and other athletes often want to convert from Pace to Speed, or convert from Speed to Pace, so choose the conversion you want, plug your numbers into yellow fields in the relevant form and watch the magic happen. […]

During coaching sessions, my most often used word is “Posture”. Getting running posture correct is so key to all aspects of our sport, regardless of whether you are a sprinter or an endurance athlete. If you get running posture right, it makes everything easier. If you get running posture wrong, you are more at risk […]

Jump straight down to the sweat rate calculator As a runner, it’s helpful to understand how much you sweat at any given effort level. This article shows how to calculate sweat rate and describes a simple test protocol, the results of which can be put into the sweat rate calculator below. The test will take […]

Most of running strength comes from running. Strength is very gradually built during the long runs, while haring up and down the hills, during the short rep speed sessions and in the drills. Your running can also benefit from strength training outside of the runs. You need a strong core to support your posture while […]

Have you ever been running up a hill and find that your calves are on fire and your lungs are bursting? Read this to improve your uphill running technique and make your next run up a hill more fun! The good news is that even if you aren’t one of the lucky few that instinctively […]

Have you ever been making your way down a hill during a run, perhaps feeling a little out of control or hesitant, when another runner sails past you like they are on roller-skates, effortlessly gliding like they were born to do this? Or maybe you feel you can run down the hills fast, but don’t […]