only ever do a first marathon once. Many, many thanks for all the support and encouragement. Diana D, 5:32 This was my first Marathon, and I am a beginner, having started running last October. I haven't ruled out doing another one, and it was certainly
trying to get a place for New York...Congratulations to the finishers...Julie Moseley, 4:41 -->I finished my first London Marathon in 4:41 - an amazing achievement for me as I only took up running in September last year.I started with a beginner
pressure on the quads and creates a braking effect. Shorten your stride to keep your feet underneath you, flick them out behind and lean slightly forwards to let gravity pull you down the hill. I find that this lets me run faster downhill with a third less
to provide you with lots of grip on rough paths when hauling up hill, but thick enough to stop large stones and tree roots hurting your feet. Excellent all-round performance considering this is a more general off-road shoe. Lots of heel grip for descents
by former Olympian Jeff Galloway recommends that not only beginners, but also faster marathon runners, run just three to four days a week. Weekly mileage peaks at 31 to 41 miles, depending on your goal time. Galloway reports that 99 per cent of his plan
race that caters for beginners as much as the quicker runners." - Justina Heslop98100%24 ratings8The Harvel 5,Kent (2/6/07)"Running through the woods and jelly babies? What more could you want? A brilliant race - highly recomended." - Lady Westcliff
as well. - Helegant back in trainingJoin the thread STIRRING SOUNDTRACKSJust wanted an insight into everyone's fave choons for running. I find certain songs make me run faster or are good for hills and would like some new ones to prevent boredom!- Aitch
from the magazine. I enjoyed the variety in the training, including tempo, hills, long runs and recoveries. My training went really well and I felt really confident coming up to the big day and had even practised mental techniques such as visualisation
% (more like 80-ish) but I can run as long as I follow a few ground rules: three to four runs a week maximum (on alternate days), with light cross-training as an alternative. Physio Phil suggested 75% of max effort for a while, so the speed and hill
's predecessor did the Frankfurt marathon years ago - he even got his own finisher's medal and pictures in the running mags. – Ironwolf My Westie is an honorary member of my running club, he's there so often. He loves anything that involves intervals (hills
