lactic acid
Marathon wisdom part 4: interval training
Judging from those I spoke to at the London Marathon training event, most of you budding marathoners are managing to fit in at least one ‘quality’ session each week, in which you run faster than your proposed race pace. But what kind of faster training is the most beneficial for marathon running? If you are […]
Here’s the rub
A recent study published in the British Journal of Sports Medicine suggests that far from aiding circulation and assisting in the removal of lactic acid from muscles, sports massage actually slows down the process by as much as 25 per cent. Study author Dr Michael Tschavovsky, from Queen’s University in Canada, also dispels the myth […]