practise pacing, hydration and running in crowds. I’d suggest running a half marathon, 10K or 10-miler once a month to monitor your progress. The merits of a 20-mile race are more debatable. It’s probably fine for a marathon-pace run, scheduled four to six

. After months of grumbling, I finally realised I wasn’t just running for him, but I loved it, it became an important part of us. It gave us strength and determination to fight his illness. We ran a 10k race together in September and were adamant we would

your all into a 10K, 10 miler or half marathon and get a realistic gauge of how you have progressed. I recommend tapering for a few days before your assessment race so you go into it fresh. Use online predictor tools to see what your result says about

for almost 2 years and have PB of 44m 40s for 10k and 1h 13m for 10m (not yet done HM race). I'm a 41 year-old female. I have three questions:1. I am following a schedule but was already running 14-16 miles on my LSR before starting so I am a bit ahead