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DEHYDRATION THE LATTER SPOIL YOUR NATURAL RUNNING RHYTHM

4IMING AND RUNNING SENSIBLY
)F YOU HAVE THE CONSTRAINTS OF FULL TIME EMPLOYMENT AS MOST PEOPLE

STILL HAVE OR SHIFT WORK YOU CAN ONLY RUN WHEN YOU CAN SPARE THE TIME
(OWEVER IT MAKES VERY LITTLE DIFFERENCE AT WHAT TIME YOU RUN )T IS A FALLACY
THAT RUNNING EARLY IN THE MORNING WILL BURN FAT FASTER DUE TO THE LACK OF

CARBOHYDRATE TESTS HAVE PROVED THIS TO BE FALSE 4RY TO EAT A BOWL OF
CEREAL BEFORE RUNNING IT IS USUALLY EASY TO DIGEST FOR MOST PEOPLE AND

WILL GIVE YOU ENOUGH ENERGY FOR YOUR MINUTE RUN 2UNNING IN THE
EARLY EVENING BEFORE YOUR MEAL MAKES SOUND SENSE 9OUR LIMBS ARE NICELY
WARMED UP BY THIS TIME OF DAY UNLIKE YOUR hEARLY BIRDv COUNTERPART WHO
MAY STILL FEEL A LITTLE STIFF AFTER RISING %VENING RUNNING IN SUMMER ALSO MEANS

AVOIDING THE MIDDAY SUN AND BECOMING OVERHEATED

2UNNING SAFELY

!T THE TIME OF WRITING IN ,ONDON WHERE WE TRAIN FEMALE JOGGERS OR
RUNNERS WHO HAVE OFTEN BEEN A SOURCE OF MERRIMENT FOR THE MORONIC
ELEMENT OF SOCIETY HAVE ACTUALLY BEEN ON AT LEAST TWO OCCASIONS VICTIMS

OF VICIOUS ASSAULTS ONE SUCH INCIDENT TRAGICALLY RESULTING IN THE MURDER OF
A YOUNG !MERICAN JOGGER )T IS AN EXTREMELY SAD INDICTMENT OF OUR SOCIETY
THAT WOMEN RUNNERSˆAND IN SOME URBAN AREAS AFTER DARK MALE RUNNERSˆ

NEED EXTRA VIGILANCE )T IS ALWAYS BETTER TO ERR ON THE SIDE OF CAUTION AND )
ADVISE THE FOLLOWING FOR MAXIMISING YOUR SAFETY

7OMEN WHO RUN IN ANY AREA IN WHICH THEY FEEL UNSAFE OR ARE ADVISED

TO BE AWARE SHOULD IDEALLY l ND A RUNNING PARTNER OR PARTNERS THERE

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