our Advisory Board. Passing on the benefits of their experience were RW coaching editor Bruce Tulloh; US editor Owen Anderson, for the sports science angle; Charlie Spedding, England’s fastest-ever marathon runner, who has a 10K PB of 28:11; and Harry

rhythm. Incidentally, the harder training should improve your 10K performance at the same time.—Bruce Tulloh, RW Coaching Editor

mileage and work in two speed sessions a week. This applies whether your goal is the 10K or the half-marathon; the only difference should be the type of speedwork you do. Here's an example of what you should be doing for the road:Day 1 5 miles briskDay 2

or 25 mins easySat Warm up, 16 x 400m at 5K pace, with 75 sec recoveriesSun 10 miles easy, off-roadTOTAL: 45-48 milesWeek TwoMon 6 miles easy fartlek, on grassTue 6-7 miles steadyWed Warm up, 5-6 x 1 mile at 10K pace with 3 min recoveries, warm

should not enable you to run faster next year. It’s partly a question of how much time you have and partly a matter of avoiding injury. Use the next month or so to train mainly for the 10K, doing two fast sessions a week at around 10K pace and aiming

Q I took up running a year ago and was really pleased to quickly notch up PBs of 36:57 for 10K and 1:21 for the half-marathon. I then set my sights on the marathon and built up to a peak of 80 miles a week, with five good long runs under my belt

session, I suggest you start with a one kilometre warm up. Then run 3 x 1K at your 10K race pace, with two or three minutes of jogging after each. Finish the session with a one kilometre warm-down. As you get better, try to build up to 6 x 1K

1K OR 3-4 x 1 mile at 10K pace, then 10 mins jogThu 6 miles easyFri RestSat Warm up, then 15 + 10 + 5 mins THR, with 3 minute jogs betweenSun 10 miles steadyTOTAL: 43-45 miles approxWeek FiveMon 6 miles easyTue 2 miles easy, 4 miles brisk

to do themselves justice by substituting one easy run for a rest day and running closer to 35 miles a week. The key here is to get used to good-quality sessions, particularly repetition runs, where you are running fast (at about 10K pace) for several

coach train for 5Ks in the summer. Why not have a go at this distance on the track, as well as the road. You’ll retain the endurance benefits of your marathon training, and working on your speed in the summer will help you to perform better over 10K, 10