Considerations for training for a 5K race As always, the first thing is to be sure you are in good health to do a sport of this nature. If all goes well, start with this eight-week plan to build a foundation. In our countries, 5-kilometer races are not abundant, but...
So, we decided to set the goal of running a new distance or starting a new workout to lower our race times. We looked for a training plan and began to see that we could not do many sessions on certain days, whether for personal, work, or logistical reasons. Unless we...
Collaborators: Lilia Núñez, physiatrist and Medical Director of Metas Sports Ricardo Quezada, specialist in sports medicine and rehabilitation medicine. For many athletes, the consumption of NSAIDs (Non-Steroidal Anti-Inflammatory Drugs), the most popular being...
Due to the immoderate and abusive use of substances in sports, I would like to present something published by an expert working group in 2005 and published in a prestigious journal of Cardiology. Athletes commonly use drugs and supplements, hoping to find an increase...
Written by: Lic. Sandra Suárez B.S. in Nutrition and Dietetics/Master in Human Nutrition Salt supplementation is essential, especially when it comes to long-duration or not-so-long-duration training but in scorching or humid environments. How much salt to consume?...
Plan considerations People with at least six months of uninterrupted running regularly have participated in 10K and 21K races. M information on preparing for your first marathon: Am I ready to run a marathon? Duration: 20 weeks Goal: Finish the marathon Observations...
Many runners are faced at the end of training with the question of what to do the last week, the week of truth, the one where Martin Fiz (Spanish Olympic runner) says, "This week you have to listen to me more than in the whole program." My personal experience These...
Many readers ask how many kilometers a soccer player runs per game. Although the distance covered by a soccer player depends on variants such as his position on the field or the intensity of the match, they usually run between 8 and 12 kilometers per game. However,...
The iconic New York Marathon will take runners as usual through the five boroughs of New York City. The first edition of this race took place in 1970 and had the participation of 127 runners who paid just 1 dollar for their registration. Of those,...
For years, the occurrence of muscle cramps during physical activity has been associated with dehydration and changes or alterations in electrolyte concentrations (sodium, potassium, magnesium) and has become more of a myth since the first reports of these occurred in...
Although it may be a question with a straightforward answer, for athletes, it is not so. For them, a marathon is synonymous with a journey in which the athlete challenges himself, discovers, and tests his or her mental and spiritual strength to achieve a goal: to...
A new edition of the London Marathon has arrived. This annual race is part of the Marathon Majors Series. It was first held in the British capital in 1981, when Chris Brasher, a former Olympic track and field champion inspired by the New York Marathon, founded it. The...
