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Garmin Forerunner 305 |
 Arguably the most advanced training aid on the market. Monitor your speed, pace, distance and also your heart rate and use a series of features designed to help you get the most from your training.
Price £255
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Hilly Twin Skin Anklet |
 Two layered technical socks to keep your keep comfortable for mile after mile.
Price £8.95
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Ultralife Detox |
 Ultralife Detox is one of the most effective cleansing and detoxification products available. It has been scientifically developed to improve digestion, bowel function and eliminate toxins.
Price £9.25
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Garmin Forerunner 205 |
 Use cutting edge technology to monitor your training with this speed distance system. It does far more than tell you how far and how fast you have run!
Price £200
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Hilly Runners Pouch |
 Versatile running pack suitable for carrying a range of items such as a mobile phone/iPod/mp3 player and plus larger items in the main compartment. Price £17.50
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Ultralife Max |
 The ultimate sports nutrition and energy drink, combining bioactive vitamins, minerals, phytonutrients, antioxidants, ginseng and other potent nutrients for the very best in sports nutrition!
Price £ 12.55
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Elite coaching special - Nic Bideau, coach to Craig Mottram
The British downturn
When Nic first came to the UK the running scene was buzzing. He now sees a very different picture and sees reasons why the British athletes are no longer as successful: “One of the biggest reasons is that people are not training in big groups. If you have got 50 guys running 14min some guys will run 13min 20sec.
“There used to be dozens of clubs with six or seven guys running 100 miles a week. Now there are 12 stage relay teams where the runners aren’t even all running every day. Back then every team had guys who all trained at least 60-70 miles a week.
“In the 80s the atmosphere and camaraderie and enjoyment was much bigger. People used to really like just being involved and doing the training. There are now not the guys like Foster, Stewart or Bedford, the guys on the British scene seem much more timid than the stars that were around when I first came here.”
The big personalities used to help make the British distance scene a vibrant one. “When I first came to England there was Tim Hutchings, Gary Staines, Dave Clarke, Micky McLeod… they were running the show at the races and lifting the mood! Before that there was Dave Bedford, Ian Stewart and Brendan Foster. The type of personality doing the sport is now not as gregarious.”
The groups that help to produce the big personalities have gone and so the scene has taken a turn for the worse, says Nic.
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