May 2012
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Counting cadence
I used a metronome a lot when I was changing my running form - I would establish my ‘baseline’ cadence and then set the metronome a few beats faster and try to match my footstrike to it. It did work, and I have encouraged others to do it, too. But I now think there may […]
RPE - all in the mind?
Rate of perceived exertion - or RPE - is a way of assessing how hard you are working without monitoring physiological variables, like heart rate, or external variables like speed or pace. It simply reflects how hard you feel you are working. Research has already shown that RPE is remarkably effective - it was a […]