: When I first met Christina, she was averaging less than 50 miles a week. One of my challenges has been to increase her mileage but not at the expense of two quality sessions a week. It has been quite a balancing act, but four weeks into the programme

to split Andy's diet into the three most important food categories: carbohydrate, protein and fat. I then compared Andy's diet to the recommendations of an athlete at his level of activity. On the whole, his diet was good and well-balanced and his post

'm confident Lucy will achieve her goal in London.Gareth says: Lucy has had a slow couple of weeks due to illness. Conversations on her thread have centred on the fine balance between energy consumption and weight loss. Lucy is cautious not to take on too many

vitamin C – over 130 per cent of the RDA – and a good helping of potassium, folic acid and pectin. Pectin is a fibre that helps balance blood sugar levels and helps keep hunger at bay. And there’s a big bunch of cancer and heart

it really seemed to help them - I think they said as much themselves.It was interesting the foods you suggested using and those to avoid and recommendations on keeping the correct balance of carbs/protein/fat.Is it possible for you to summarise this here

. Height can be important but you still fundamentally need to be able to move your legs quickly - and that comes from genes and training. fat buddha The longer your legs are, the more effort it takes to move them, so it balances out. Plus taller people

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the performance targets set by UK Athletics performance director Dave Collins before the tournament is finely balanced. He demanded at least 14 top-8 finishes from our athletes, and within that at least three medals. Our girls have helped us achieve the medals

, and Richard should take heart - the last few long runs are in sight. The next few weeks are all about holding on to form, fitness and focus. Richard needs to listen to his body closely, and maintain a careful balance between complacency and pushing too hard

forums, and reviews from this weekend included ‘woeful’, ‘terrible’, ‘abysmally organised’, and many complaints that those nearer the back were without water on a stiflingly hot day. But we’re nothing if not balanced at RW, and there were also lots