yourself to the event and to a regular training schedule by making a pact with yourself or, preferably, another person. Research from Berlin University in Germany looking at recovering heart-attack patients found that those who kept an exercise diary
's triumph in the face of Nazism with four golds at Berlin's 1936 Olympics to Joan Benoit winning the inaugural women’s marathon in 1984. That’s before we even get to the Paralympics. Baroness Grey-Thompson summed up the impact of the Paralympics perfectly
the second-fastest marathon runner ever when he paced Paul Tergat to a world record of 2:04:55 in Berlin last year and finished just a second behind. Sadly, Abera pulled up before London's six-mile mark with an achilles injury, but there were still 18 runners
with each footfall."The improvements can be small, often just a per cent or two. But remember that the marathon world record holder Paul Tergat has won only two marathons, in each case by a second or less. In his world-record breaking marathon run in Berlin
performance. In the 2009 Berlin World Championships for example, Tyson Gay finished second to Usain Bolt in the 100m. If his sole objective had been to beat Bolt (an outcome goal), he would have come away disappointed. However, Gay did run a new US record (9
in advance and mark the date clearly on your calendar. Commit yourself to the event and to a regular training schedule by making a pact with yourself or, preferably, another person. Research from Berlin University in Germany looking at recovering heart
in the marathon last September in Berlin, having already set records at 5,000m and 10,000m earlier in his career. Framing marathon performance as an age issue is wrong, says Terrence Mahon, coach to US elite runner Ryan Hall, who came third in this year's Boston
.Britain's Mara Yamauchi finished a creditable ninth in the women's marathon this morning with a time of 2:32.55. The Oxford-born athlete, who now resides in Tokyo, actually led the race at 30km, but she was cut adrift from the leading pack of eight in the closing
?I originally took up running because I wanted to get healthy, and to drop a bit of weight. I did the Berlin Marathon in 2007, and now I'm back in training for the VLM. I’m enjoying it, but I keep putting on weight instead of 'the fat just melting off' like I
Chips It shouldn't be a problem - you might even feel a bit better for it. I had two weeks off before a marathon last year (although I still swam and did weights) - it didn't make a jot of difference. Good luck! JuanaH A couple of weeks shouldn
