Weekly Newsletter 8 July 2026

This week's newsletter has interesting articles, including a workout to help your finishing speed, and how many rest days you should take per week.

Interesting Articles

Benefits of trail running

Active.com looks at four reasons to take up trail running and three precautions to take if you do.

Should you do gym work during taper week?

According to Runna, the short answer is yes, but not the way you've been doing it. Check out their article here.

How many rest days should you take per week?

A well-rounded training programme incorporates enough rest days to ensure you’ll see progress. Find out more at Runners World.

This workout will help you sharpen your finishing speed

These one-kilometre repeats at Canadian Running will help you find another gear as you power down that home stretch.

Recent updates

To find out what's been recently updated, check the recent updates page regularly for date changes, event postponements and cancellations. Check out the full calendar of upcoming events.

Until next week...

Have a great running week!

Cheers,
Jane, Chris & Sam
The Running Calendar Team