1001 Running Tips : The Essential Runners Guide

1001 Running Tips by Robbie Britton is a light-hearted and informative guide to all kinds of running.

This is no standard instruction manual – it is much more useful than that. This is a huge collection of small tips to make a real difference to your running, whether you’re just starting out and aiming to run for 30 minutes without stopping or if you’re training for your first marathon – this book will improve your running.

The myriad of topics featured include starting out, setting goals, training plans, injury, nutrition, safety, kit, running with your dog, navigation, sleep deprivation, running in all weathers, racing, fell running and music. Robbie’s unique and accessible style will keep you entertained and, most importantly, he’ll motivate you to keep enjoying running, overcome obstacles getting in your way and to become the best runner you can!

Table of Contents

Introduction
Acknowledgements
Feedback and updates

1 Basics
Starting out
Where to run?
Goal setting and race choice

2 Training
Basics
Training plans and do you need a coach?
Effort levels
Types of session
The long run
Ultra-long runs
The chaos of periodisation
Staying motivated
Rest days
Tapering
Cross-training
Strength and conditioning

3 Skills and techniques
Fell, trail and mountain running
Downhill running
Uphill running or hiking
Navigation

4 Environment
Hot weather
Cold weather
Rain
Altitude

5 The runner’s body
Nutrition
Pre-race food
Race food
Injury
Feet
Menstrual cycle
Sleep deprivation

6 Racing
The pre-race toilet
On the start line
The gun goes off
When the going gets tough
A racing mind
Multi-day racing
How to run an ultra
24-hour running
FKTs

7 Kit and equipment
Clothing
Sustainability
Technology
Head torches
Hiking poles

8 Travelling
Training camps and adventures
Racing overseas
Fastpacking
What to pack for an adventure
Bivvying and camping

9 Stuff
Trail and track etiquette
Running with your dog
Toilets on the run
Music
Safety first
Blogging
Social media

10 Reading list

Robbie Britton is a British twenty-four-hour runner and coach who has raced from 3,000 metres up to 261 kilometres in one single day, covered a marathon in 2:29 and raced the UTMB, Spartathlon and a whole host of other road, mountain and ultra-races along the way. He loves to race and to help others enjoy the same experience through his coaching. A popular magazine and website writer, Robbie has written for Runner’s World, Trail Running, Men’s Running and The Guardian, amongst others. www.fastrunning.com