You’ve stuck to a training plan for a few weeks and now it’s over. You completed the race you trained for and you’ve never felt prouder of yourself! You feel the rush of conquering your shiny new medal and you can’t wait to take it home and show it off! ​

Running under the hot sun is not fun, but if you want to stay in shape and participate in a few races you need to find ways to deal with the heat! In this article, I’ll give you some tips to help you  maintain your shape throughout the summer. For some of us summer only lasts two months but for others it seems like it is never-ending!

At the beginning, we're happy with just finishing a race... but after a while, we want more. We want a faster 5K finish or a sub-2h half marathon! So we go out and run more than we’ve ever run before but somehow we’re not getting any faster... why is that? In this article we're going to dive into the details of this subject in order to understand why you're not getting faster and HOW you can become a faster, stronger runner.

​Are you constantly looking for ways to be a better runner, and sometimes find running tedious and boring? This simply means you need to add a little excitement and improve your running economy. Well, plyometric training is a great and innovative way to make you a better runner.

In general, runners tend to over-simplify their training... especially new runners! Here's what the common training plan looks like for the novice runner:

• Run;
• Run again;
• Run some more;
• Occasionally stretch.