Routes
A Loop That Comes Back to Its Landmarks
A loop route built around visible landmarks is easier to follow and adjust without distance targets, with practical…
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Browse writing from Eastern Running Review on routes, pacing, preparation, running culture and the observations that make a run easier to understand.
Pacing
Easy Pace or Steady Pace: What Changes in Practice?
Easy pace or steady pace: learn how each effort should feel, what each is for and how to choose a workable rhythm…
Running Culture
How Recreational Running Became a Shared Practice
How recreational running became a shared practice, from club traditions to neighbourhood meet-ups, and what those…
Preparation
How to Plan a Run Around One Clear Purpose
A flexible run plan helps you match an outing to its purpose, decide what to keep when plans shift, and avoid turning…
Reflection
A Rainy-Day Run, Planned Around the Turnaround
Plan a rainy-day run around a clear turnaround and a modest route, so changing weather has a sensible answer before…
Our point of view
A run is shaped before the first step
The route, the pace and the reason for heading out all matter. We focus on choices a reader can try, observe and adjust for themselves.