If you’ve been training for weeks, you’ll want to make the last workout before your race count. Studies indicate the best way to prepare for a race is to reduce the volume of your running (mileage) while maintaining the intensity. These four

Q I like to use an elliptical trainer for cross-training when I’m injured. How do I best use it to maintain aerobic fitness and fast leg turnover?A Among all cross-training machines, elliptical trainers provide the closest approximation to running

fitness first. Three months or so of regular training helps – a 30-minute session, three times a week is a good start. Don't worry if you don't feel 'fast' right now – just run your speedwork sessions faster than your normal pace. To work out personal time

you think, you can never do enough, nor can you manage the training that you've planned. Despite this, I'm in the best shape of my life, my weight has gone down and my speed has increased. It's been tricky trying to find the time and sometimes

detailed training diary. By downloading all of your sessions and logging other information such as conditions, how you feel, resting heart rates, bodyweight, sleep patterns and so on, you can establish an extremely useful data bank. This not only helps you

You've run countless miles, spent hours in the pool and pedalled until your bike feels like it's a part of your body, but unless you put yourself through some training sessions designed to help you hit your peak in time for race day, your efforts

the speedwork targets over the next three pages on your best recent 10K time, to give you the most accurate sessions possible. If you’ve never done a 10K, don’t worry: just use the principles below, along with the rough guideline of taking a recovery as long

than in our 40s – though sometimes it does happen – but we can aim to do the best we can with what we’ve got. However, I think that as you’ve only recently returned to serious marathon training, there’s no reason why another year of putting in good work

. Get To Know Your Heart RateHow to interpret changes in your heart rate. Our Best Practical Heart Rate Sessions Incorporate these simple sessions into your training schedule, and you'll soon see the difference. The Next Step Once you

) triathlon. Before long, the two merged. To add swimming and bicycle training, I cut back on my running, but still wanted to maintain quality. Hence, a solid 30-minute session had a lot of appeal. It also made sense that I should simulate running sessions