if RW readers could settle a hot debate in our club about speed work. Our head coach is suggesting a session for endurance athletes, as follows: Small warm up and stretch, then speed work (eg 2x5x100m), then straight into the car and drive home without a

. "There’s no defined limit to what the average person, or marathon-fit athlete, can run. It’s just not possible to say ‘this is the number of miles a human being can run until they crash, or break their bones’."We know that it’s astounding what the body

on the back)? Why don't runners who feel the need to do this just run a training session faster...? I've never heard of an elite athlete saying that this type of weight training has contributed to their success. It's almost exclusively men that do it, so

bikes are for ponces, so you don't want to get one of those anyway. There are a lot of books with triathlon training plans out there, or you could try BeginnerTriAthlete.com. Also pop over to the IM 2007 training thread. A lot of people talk training

I think a full rest day is only a requirement for full-time athletes. For the rest of us, the amount of time we train each day is so small, you probably get 22 hours rest a day anyway! Lots of people (including me) find running every day leads to injuries

athlete has to live with, but how do you deal with knowing that a niggle may appear out of nowhere one day? I'm just interested to know how other runners manage injury in a way that gets them back to running as soon as possible."– Swan SongYour best

generally get my athletes to run at least a mile before doing dynamic stretches, then running drills before each training session. For recovery runs you don't really need to do this, as the first part of the run should be nice and steady, but for harder