Runners are a busy bunch. Too often, we push back our speed, fitness or weight-loss goals when life gets in the way. The focused workouts over the following pages are designed to make you faster, stronger and fitter - in however many minutes you can spare.The busy runner's guide ...

Q Each week I do two, one-hour gym sessions where I lift weights and then run around 5K on the treadmill. How can I make the best use of my time on the treadmill? A Assuming that you are well warmed-up from your gym work; you should try to get

: lots of responsibilities and not enough time to run. Here’s what I do that may help you.My best trick is to make sure that I fit in one high-quality session every week. (To run well, as you want to do, you must regularly do quality training, whether

As any runner who’s ever felt their legs turn into lead anvils at the end of a hard session or race knows, running further or faster all boils down to a battle against fatigue. So you train to increase either the distance or the pace – or both – you

cent in cyclists. If you don’t have access to a sports laboratory, your best bet is either to train at 85-90 per cent of MHR, or to select the heart rate that is associated with a pace 10 seconds per mile below 10K race pace.Next you need to decide how

the right balance between session-frequency and session-intensity?"I ran this year’s FLM in 3:08, having averaged 60 miles per week (six runs/wk) over a five-month training period. I’d like to experiment with different training regimes and am particularly

self-esteem is higher when we are running well. If you are building up for a big race in 12 weeks time, the best period for a training camp is in the third or fourth week, so that you can build on the increased fitness in later weeks. The fact that you

at least a minute for your heart rate to stabilise. The important thing to remember is that your HRM is there mainly as a passive observer. Its best function in interval training is to collect data for comparison over time, and throwing caution to the wind

-based brick session - this could be 25 minutes on the rowing machine followed by long session on the treadmill. Training tip While you can use any stroke, Jameson says front crawl is fast, efficient and involves less aggressive kicking than other strokes

and rests?Intervals, fartlek, speedwork - what are they? - part 1Intervals, fartlek, speedwork - what are they? -part 2Marathon training - speedwork or not?Repetitions - Yasso 800s - part 1Repetitions - Yasso 800s - part 2Treadmill speedwork - best sessions