THE RUN OF LIFE
Here is a list of the contents of all of the Still Running (weakly) newsletters, so that you can, if you so wish, go directly to the subjects that interest you:
1980 Olympics. Georgia Hunter Bell. Rest/recovery days
Maeve Kyle. Clare Elms. Practise, progress, perform, prove
Fauja Singh. Kipyegon, Chebet, Chepngetich. Speed session during parkrun
Hughie Neilson. Novak Djokovic. Heat and top speed sessions
Bill Dellinger - callousing. Inspiring quotes. How do you make yourself tougher?
Diane Leather and mile context. Faith Kipyegon. Try and mile race
Binary - Waitz's 10th NYC, Cram. Happy outcomes - Slusarski, Grainger, Eastham. Croydon triple jump, UAU 3km, keep the faith
The curse of the Olympic 1500. John Kelly - head in a puddle. We don't run for it to be easy
Lachie Stewart / Ron Clarke. Cheddar Gorge Omnium. Get off the river
Bob Emmerson. 6-day World Records. Float and jog recoveries
Steve Prefontaine. William Goodge. Prepare to be unprepared.
Fait Elkins. Tarahumara. Readers' goals.
Terry Fox. Steeplechase. Dave Bedford - reach, grasp.
Thelma Hopkins. Mary Peters. Plyometrics.
In praise of large numbers. 1,000 marathons; 200 100-milers. What could you do 100 of?
First London Marathon. Ever-Presents. Last three days.
John Treacy, Rotten Row. Innes Fitzgerald – environment. Fartlek versus track.
Roger Mills – cup of tea. George Mills – chicken and rice. Dave Mills – they walk among us.
Gordon Pirie, Chris Brasher, John Disley. In the footsteps of Gordon Pirie. Train hard but balanced.
Jim Ryun. Sam Ruthe – sub-4 at 15. Mile – races and at end of track session.
Volodymyr Kuts – even he could be tired. Sam Ruthe – 15-year-old, light training. Me – 60 to 50 to 40.
Parents – Coes, McColgans, Boards, Walkers, Daley Thompson, Centrowitz, Iapichino. Gabz – 1:58. Thomas Staines.
Walter George – beer, brine, 100-Up. Double Threshold. Things runners do – Thommo, Dave Bedford, David Hemery, Paavo Nurmi.
Jerome Drayton. Steve Moneghetti. Mind the gap.
“No one wants to read my story”. 1,000 copies. Future plans
Long perspectives – Swansea, Tony Simmons. Dying young – Lillian Board, Steve Prefontaine, Ivo van Damme. What do old codgers do?
Steve Ovett – Glen Grant. Bleep test. How do you push yourself?
Don Ritchie long runs. Laura Muir – Steve Cram. Long runs
Roger Bannister. Sifan Hassan. Big hairy audacious goals
John Tarrant. Paula Radcliffe – Tokyo and Boston. The Hampshire Hoppit
Ralph Mann, John Akii-Bua. Jake Wightman, Rosa Mota, me. Readers’ goals – Paul, Nicole, Gerry
My 30-miler: 16, 5km TT, 4, Mile TT, 6. 2024 cancer. 2025 hopes – share yours.
Mark Pickard. Highlights of 2024 – Keely Hodgkinson, Alex Yee. Gout Gout – could YOU train harder somewhere else?
Coe/Ovett Christmas Day. Keep fitness going with extra races. Have a target for 2025.
Waitarua 22 – Peter Snell / John Walker. Euro XC – Phoebe Anderson / Maddie Deadman. 6 x 2mins fast / 2 mins float.
1975 World Cross Country – Ian Stewart. 2024 European Cross Country on BBC. Winter running – quick tips.
Chris Brasher, David Jenkins – simplicity – Derek Turnbull. Wally, Garmins. Complication v Professionalism
Glenn Cunningham, Murray Halberg, Wilma Rudolph – “weakness”. Till – stutter. Recognise what we’ve overcome
Geoff Capes. Phily Bowden – double threshold days. Winter running – Steve Ovett range
NYC – Bill Rodgers, Grete Waitz, Fred Lebow. NYC this year – cf. Waitz, Juma Ikangaa. Tricks – Waitz, Steve Davis
Peter Norman. Chris Hoy – cancer. Chris Hoy – training intensity
parkrun – Bushy, metal disks, laptop. parkrun – Darren Wood. parkrun – a fixed point in your exercise week
Steve Jones. 2:09:56. Cross country
Tommy Hampson’s book. Tara Dower “greatest ever”. Tempo runs
Berlin Marathon – world records, my PB. Snickers to Marathon. Marathon – long runs, taper
Geraint Thomas, Jonny Wilkinson, David Beckham, William Sichel. Iwan Thomas’s 76 steps. What could YOU do?
Surrey Walking Club. Sandra Brown. Autumn PBs – speed, hills
Herb Elliott. BMHAC handicap. Nerves, keeping the faith, trusting the process
George Rhoden, Wint, McKenley, Laing. Dream Mile. Target – Charles Wylie
Komen’s 3000, Brendan Foster. Ingebrigtsen’s 3000 and his future. Speeding up – short recovery
Zatopek treble. Hassan treble. Zatopek’s training
Giving up – Herb Elliott, Daley Thompson. Giving up – Keely, Josh, Matt, Andy, Max. Carrying on – Steve Peters
Wottle, Flintoff, Pinsent, Phelps, Spirig. Quad sculls, Alex Yee, Keely Hodgkinson. Derek Turnbull
1968, 1972, 1980…2012. Kimberley Woods, Adam Peaty, Tom Pidcock. Don’t miss sessions
1900 Paris Olympics. Diamond League, Path to Paris. Small changes
Eric Liddell. Matt Hudson-Smith, Charlie Dobson, Phoebe Gill, Ben Pattison. Track races
Joss Naylor. Cav’s 35th Tour stage win. Keeping the faith – Croydon Schools, UAU
US Olympic Trials – Lee Evans, Randy Matson, Rod Milburn, Dan O’Brien. 2024 US Olympic Trials – Mu. Running in heat – Lombok
Lasse Viren – still time to sharpen. Cheddar and Hangers Marathons – preparation and execution. Books, songs, poems, videos
Finishing touches – Foster 20x200. Rome 1974 v 2024 – women success. Just One Thing
Rome 1974 – Pascoe, Foster, Thompson, Jenkins. Some Rome 2024 winners’ inferior marks. Being competitive
1972 5,000 and 10,000. Hagos Gebrhiwet 12:36. Recovery between summer races
Alain Mimoun. Megan Keith. Keeping the faith
Allan Rushmer. Phoebe Gill. Not being put off by lateness or pacing
Ron Hill. Streaking today – Wally. Can you RED and have serious goals?
Roger Bannister. Steve Edwards. Making the most
Olga Fikotova. Kenenisa Bekele. Pure speed
Durden’s monster. London, Chris Finill. Week after a marathon
Wally. 35:03 – keep the faith. Race day
7th April 1976. Tom Evans. Marathon taper
London 1981. World Cross Country, John Treacy. Foster, cutting the intervals
Hughie Neilson. Jasmin Paris. Extraordinary runs
Andy Baddeley and MIND. Andy Baddeley and Podium. Achilles tendon injuries
Paula Radcliffe. GB Olympic marathon selections. Peaking for a spring marathon
Ian Stewart. Josh Kerr. Consistency
European Cup 1973. Cheats – Chambers, Carter, Lederfien. Recoveries
Henry Rono. Kerr v Ingebrigtsen. Simplicity, wind sprints
Athletes dying young. Kelvin Kiptum – sub-2. Spring – speed, hills, tempo
Bill Hartley. Tom Hartley. Inherited traits or hard work
Dan O’Brien, Hasely Crawford, Kelly Holmes. Colin Thorne. Don’t sacrifice the gift
“Wee” George Woods – white shot. Tom Evans – mugging. Long runs
Tightening the toe-straps. Ngetich 28:46. Winter overdressing
Rod. 400 hurdles – Warholm, Moses, Akii-Bua, Hemery. Anchors in your week
Lynn Davies, Igor Ter-Ovanesyan. Olympic year. 2024 target
(28/12/2023) Knee history. 2023 rehab. 2024 goals
Christmas – Daley Thompson, Dave Ottley. Josh Kerr – putting on weight. Christmas Day at 52 Carolina
Nick Rose, Craig Virgin. European Cross Country. Paula 2001, Benefits of XC
Kenenisa Bekele – past. Bekele – WR at Valencia. Acceleration sessions
Scottish – Halswelle, Ian Stewart. Muir, McColgan, Wightman, Kerr. Porridge
Seb Coe – Xmas Day. Hannah Irwin – race + efforts. Lone female runners
John Nuttall. Ben Pattison. Grete Waitz – tricks
1988, Shaul Ladany. Carla Molinaro – LEJOG, World 50km gold. Toughness
Mike Sully, Tony Simmons. SCCL – the stream. Eking out the endurance
Abingdon, Alex Teuten, Rod. In my networking group. Torches
New York 1989. British female marathoners. Running in the dark
David Hemery – 50 press-ups, 50 sit-ups, 800 metres. My Hemerys. Do something – Nelson Mandela
Down time, Chelsea buns. George Mills. Plan 2024
My autumn 1984. Berlin Marathon. Long runs – two types
Steve Prefontaine. AHpr – “I shall use my time”. Do it for you
Mo’s retirement. Mo in 2012 5,000. Videos
Tom Courtney. Dream Mile. Heat
Intervals: Zatopek. Josh Kerr. Interval speeds and structure
16th Hursley RR10. KJT. Autumn target
Eamonn Coghlan 1983. 85-year-old does 500 parkruns. Work the long runs
Helsinki 1971. 1,000 races update. Rain
2020 High Jump. 1,000 races. Resilience
Venyamin Soldatenko. Diamond League, Kipyegon mile. The right target
Dave Bedford – 200 miles. Andy Wyeth and Wally Thorpe. Warming up
Mark Cavendish, Don Bradman. Zharnel Hughes. Diary, Oscar Wilde
Della Pascoe. Mob Match. Evening races
Ben Helfgott. The Hampshire Hoppit. Rest days
Harvey Glance. Faith Kipyegon. Hills
Mark Cavendish, Geraint Thomas. Alex Yee, Dave Bedford. Increasing the value
Rick Hoyt. Night of the 10,000m PBs. Recovery