broke the 800m, 1500m and mile world records in 41 days in 1979.You’ll find similar experiences for mere mortals at running clubs up and down the country. A 10K or 5K PB sometimes follows a marathon or marathon-best. The point is to use the training

. I still find a big-ish dose of caffeine (100mg) feels like a rocket pack even if I don't cut down my four cups a day habit.Wotsit Life without tea is just too dreadful to contemplate. But why give it up before a marathon?I did a 10K this morning

at some silly 200m intervals or other sorts of rubbish lots of running clubs have you doing. If you are fit then most of your running should be jogging - nice and effortless. A lot of those that take offence at the word jogger should be pleased

marathon. Then, in the last 100m of my second marathon Ihad to be ordered to cross the line, after deciding that I'd had enough and wanted to stop.Maybe that time brings out the worst in people. MadameO I ran my first marathon in 1978 - my coach wanted

ASICS Pro Team Nutritionist Ruth McKean joined us recently for a Q&A webchat about nutrition strategies in the lead up to a marathon. Catch up with the highlights.Ruth is a member of the British Dietetic Association and Health Professional Council

picking up the pace and eventually the walking breaks went. A few years on, I'm now a marathon runner and gone from a size 14 to between an 8 and a 10. So stick at it, it's worth it in the end. Oh, and by the way,you'll burn a lot more calories outside

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, just going for a run will lead to more sex. We're not promising that every run will see you chased through the park by scantily clad members of the opposite sex or suggesting that running clubs are hotbeds of swinging, but being fit can result in more

.Dirty Den, 3:27This year I trained hard for the London Marathon, missing just three weeks with a bad ankle injury. I'm 57, and I run with Clowne Road Runners and Worksop Harriers.At 20 miles I was feeling great, enjoying the support and atmosphere

For the weekend of September 23-24The 25th Windsor Half MarathonThe 25th Windsor Half Marathon may have been a fantastic day out in the sunshine, but this was no walk in the (Windsor Great) Park – as the legs of RW forum members can testify