06/10/08) Introducing the experts...The Coach: Steve SmytheExperienced club coach and former RW contributor Steve Smythe has run some 100 half-marathons, averaging 76 minutes and with a current PB of 70 minutes. He has also coached a club team
Each month, we select a lucky newcomer to RW's 365,000-strong member community and reward them with £100 of Asics kit. Here we catch up with our two most recent winners...Burke to BasicsHe may only have logged on for the first time last month
-Changers: Run Dem CrewRun Dem Crew is expanding running’s reach, changing lives and building communities. Just don’t call it a running club…After 20 years in the music business, discovering running was an epiphany for Londoner Charlie Dark. Finding existing
, inspiring sighted and non-sighted runners alike. No terrain or distance has deterred Linda from competing, from 10Ks to marathons, and big city races to off-road adventures. Along with Tony Barlow - a fellow Metros Running Club member and her indefatigable
and time management• Can I train for a 10K in summer then run a fast marathon?• Form/running style• How do you run over 100 miles a week?TRAINING COMPONENTS• Should I skip the "easy week" if I’m still feeling strong after a hard block of training? • I can
recoveries, then 10 mins cool-down 60 mins easy 45 mins, including 20 alternating between half-marathon pace (7:15) and marathon pace (8:00) per minute 45 mins easy 100 mins slow (8:00 - 9:00) RestWeek 3 (w/c Aug 4) 30 mins easy or rest 10 mins warm
Don't miss this fantastic opportunity to run your best ever marathon next Spring. For a second year, we've teamed up with Lucozade Sport to give you the chance to win a VIP training and racing package for the Virgin London Marathon 2010.One
- he's helped one runner to British international level over the marathon distance and another to a British age-group record. He also coaches around 30 runners in his running club, whose marathon times range from 2:30 to outside five hours. Bud
first marathon, all I did was set aside a day and run each distance as fast as I could. This then gave me a ball-park time to aim to beat. Only after two marathons and 12 months later, did I join a running club and start thinking about speedwork, and my
