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  Bean and running gone?  Cider out - coffee beans in: While Cider may have been hit hard by last month’s red man-bag of the Chancellor – café society running champs rejoice as their coffee beans remain free of extra taxation. The bean boost: Did you know that caffeine has been shown in studies to boost running endurance, sprint reaction times and even aid recovery. Oh yes the magic bean can combine both latte luxuriating and running splendor in equal measure.        Ye Olde English proof: For the healthy skeptics amongst you we offer the trusted prose from a research study published in the BMJ: “The results...

We always wondered what Run - DMC stood for, but we recently discovered it was 'Run - Definitely Minimises Coronaries', which for a 1980's rap / rock cross over band we thought was pretty cool... While Paul McCartney and Wings in the 1970s produced the seminal post-Beatles album called Band on the Run . . . , I doubt they were thinking 30 years ahead to a time of MP3 players and lycra going hand in hand. LGN are strong advocates of striving to enjoy each run and finding a way that you can get the most smile-time from each aerobic two-stepping effort, and listening to music for many people can certainly enhance the endorphin running joy. And with Easter fast approaching we are sure the next...

“My body is like breakfast, lunch, and dinner. I don't think about it, I just have it.” (Usain Bolt 2008) Oat cuisine, its all the rage darling: As you read food is important to Usain’s life and breakfast is what kick starts his training each day. As we have suggested in previous LGN tips, porridge is the fuel of running greats that includes the marathon Queen Paula, her choice of porridge recipe of choice is by all accounts the classic and beautifully simple porridge, banana and honey. Porridge is the breakfast gift that just keeps giving, check out LGN’s top 5 health facts. 1. Porridge releases energy slowly and thus can keep you going longer 2. Porridge aids...

One of the beautiful aspects to running is that while fitness can be measured, calibrated and downloaded onto a spreadsheet, how you actually use this fitness is somewhat less numeric nor black and white. Instead pace judgement requires us to obtain a true feel for what our body is trying to tell us and the art of getting in tune with fitness is just as important as the training itself.  Learn to control your physiological revs and take control of your running If you have recently done your first charity 5km and were left perplexed how you left too much in the tank or indeed ran out of gas with 1km to go, don’t worry it has happened to the very best.   A recent...