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Running in Hot Weather: How to pre-cool to boost performance

February 12, 2019 by Hooked on Running

running in hot weather: pre-cool for perforamance

Did you know that many studies show exercise performance is impaired in hot, humid conditions? Yes! People spend time and money on researching and writing about the fact that when it’s hot, you can’t run as fast or as far. And lucky for us they … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Running

Is Coffee Bad for Kids?

November 27, 2018 by Hooked on Running

Coffee, Kids and Cocaine

Fathers Day this year I was on the tea and coffee station at the school’s Father’s Day Breakfast. I thought I’d be serving tea and coffee to the dads, so was a bit surprised at the number of kids who asked for tea, and even more surprisingly, coffee … [Read more...]

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What is a Recovery Run and Why Should You Do Them?

November 16, 2018 by Hooked on Running

Recovery Runs: What are they and why should you do them?

Recovery runs are the easiest runs you’ll do all week. They are short runs done at a VERY easy effort. Leave the running watch at home and slow down to smell the roses! Whilst recovery runs are the easiest runs on your program, it doesn’t make … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Recovery, Running, Running Training Sessions

9 Running Apps You Didn’t Know You Needed

October 9, 2018 by Hooked on Running

There are a load of “running apps” around. Typically they tell you when to run, or when to stop, or will store your running playlist, or create a playlist for you based on your running cadence. Some will match the beat of the music to your current … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Running, Running Equipment Tagged With: apps, running apps

Run Faster or Run More?

May 10, 2018 by Hooked on Running

Running faster or running more

  Can You Cram For Your Next Fun Run? Kind of... but just like cramming for an exam, "cramming" for a fun run will yield only short term results. I have to admit, I used to operate on the "cram, exam, forget" technique. I'd cram the … [Read more...]

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Anti-Inflammatories and Running

December 8, 2017 by Hooked on Running

anti inflammatories and running

Why does inflammation get such a bad wrap? Inflammation. At its worst, it can stop you in your tracks. But if your tendency is to reach for the Voltaren at the first slight twinge or sign of inflammation, you might like to consider what purpose … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Health and Wellbeing, Injury Prevention and Treatment, Recovery, Running Tagged With: Drugs, Injury Prevention, running

To Cool Down or Not To Cool Down?

November 7, 2017 by Hooked on Running

To cool down or not to cool down after exercise?

To cool down or not to cool down, that is the question…and one which has not been satisfactorily answered to date! Traditionally, the cool down has included some two to twenty minutes of running (or run/walking) at an intensity much lower than the … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Injury Prevention and Treatment, Recovery, Running Tagged With: cool down, Recovery, running

Your GPS Watch-How to get the most accurate data

June 20, 2017 by Hooked on Running

Your GPS Watch-how to get the most accurate data

  Everyone loves a good running app or GPS enabled running “watch” but they can be oh so frustrating when they don’t “work”!!! Well, according to the Garmin support centre, when your Garmin device sees “degraded performance” this is … [Read more...]

Filed Under: GPS Watches, Running, Running Equipment, Running Watches Tagged With: Avoiding running disasters, gps device rage, gps devices, GPS Watches

Lindfield Rotary Fun Run: 7 tips for success

March 24, 2017 by Hooked on Running

This year sees the 22nd running of the  Lindfield Rotary 5K AND 10K Fun Run, and it still has got to be one of the best value fun runs going around. A family of up to 6 people can run a 10km race for $65. That's one dollar and eight cents per … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Running, Running Technique

9 Tips for Wet Weather Running

March 15, 2017 by Hooked on Running

9 tips for running in wet weather

We’re in the middle of our rainy season here in Sydney. It seems to be getting wetter and wetter each year. For that matter, it seems to be getting hotter and more humid, and colder in winter each year as well. Not sure if it’s the climate changing … [Read more...]

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