, swimming, and weight lifting are great most of the year, as part of low-key training months when your main goals are general fitness and injury prevention, but the heavy training month before a big race needs to be a month of living a little dangerously

scene. Over the years club membership has spurred on countless runners to better fitness and great racing achievements by giving them access to competition, expert training advice, encouragement and mutual support.We want you to help us select Britain

, what you ate, the weather and even your general mood before, during and after each run," adds Wood. "It'll help you identify patterns and the cause and effect of good and bad runs." And training logs don't have a ‘use by' date. "I have all my training

run fast.Not a bad goal for speed training in general. We don’t invent new stresses so we feel bad, but rather so we feel better, at least eventually. That won’t happen immediately, of course. The human system needs stress to improve, but it also

-founder of the Furman Institute of Running and Scientific Training in South Carolina, US. But that can increase your risk of injury. "To stay healthy, target areas of fitness you normally don't pay attention to - like flexibility and strength," says Pierce. During

Ease into your running planHave you had a chance to look at the beginners' training plans on this site (the grey training tab at the top)? Going straight in to three 30-min sessions is quite a strong start, and it's important not to get injured at this stage

most frequently-asked questions to GB International coach Nick Anderson. Here's what he had to say...Beginners' TrainingCan I run/walk a half-marathon? Definitely. Practice run-walking three or four times a week in training and the walks will become

total beginner. I'm looking to build lung capacity and cardio-vascular fitness rather than calorie-burning. I run on a treadmill rather than road, and it's part of my gym programme which mostly consists of resistance machines. I'm a non-smoker, 5

is not recommended for beginners because it puts too much stress on muscles and connective tissues that may not be ready to handle the load. It may also put extra stress on the knees and Achilles tendons. Hill training made its first big impact in the early 1960s

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