ISSUE 37  Summer 2007

 TRAINING SMART

 07  Interview

Robin Saunders talks to Debbie Ferguson McKenzie about her achievements on the track, what inspired her to those championship heights and what tips she would pass on to the next generation of sprinters.


 14  It Takes Two

David Lowes looks at the benefits of training with a partner or in a regular group.


 27  Strength Training

Jason Karp looks at whether distance runners benefit as much as you think from strength training


 34  Q & A

Professor Tim Noakes, the Godfather of coaching, talks to Nick Morgan about how to gauge protential in an athlete


 37  Fit For Purpose

Tom McNab questions how effective the current coaching structure at club level is.


 42  Energy Drinks

Is it a load of old bull or do they doyou good?

 TECHNIQUE TALK

 48  Top elite Performance

Arnie De Swardt looks at the art and science of successful coaching.


 54  Biomechanics

Ron Park explains what we need to know as coaches.


 61  Returning from injury

Barry Worrall looks at how coaches can help athletes back on the long road to recovery
after injury


 66  Disaffected Youngsters

Jamie French and Steve Cobley on how to
engage disaffected kids into athletics.


 70  REPRINT from issue 18

The 5,000m and 10,000m examined David Lowes looks at the history of both events and the training implications involved in tackling them successfully

 ISSUE 37  Summer 2007