'll blow up and slow down before you reach the top. Keep your breathing deep and comfortable and your heart rate below threshold at the start of the climb. As you fall into a rhythm, gradually increase your effort until you're climbing at threshold

for the Alzheimer's Research Trust.By Mile 23 the wind was blowing my yarn around too much and I found I was slowing right down. I realised that if I didn't speed up then I wouldn't get round in under six hours. So, I stashed my yarn and hook in my apron pouch, put

some most of our faster forumites blush. Still if enthusiasm counts for anything, then I'm a runner.However, as much I love running, it appears that running doesn't love me. Since upping my mileage to train and race in the Liverpool Half

into so you can handle changes in pace and pitch without blowing up. If you're already at threshold, you have nowhere to go but down.For long-term gainsThe obvious way to climb better is to climb more often. But to improve your strength and stamina when

to build up your VO2 Max; if race day is approaching skip to Plan B to tune up your fitness. Do one workout per week when racing, two when not racing. Rest one or two days between workouts and always warm up first.PLAN ABoost your VO2 by working in a zone

likely to suffer if you fall out of a window while you're drunk or if you're still trussed up and tied to a tree in the middle of nowhere when the race is due to start. – VelociraptorWear St George kneepadsYou might be risking a twisted ankle, or some

often feel better because you switch on your fast-twitch fibres, which are relatively fresh.Against Fast Finishers Just as a boxer can set up his opponent for a knockout with a series of body blows, a well-timed surge in the middle of a race can

Many of us would describe the ideal runner’s body as lean, lanky and lithe. But then someone who is none of these things blows past us in a 5K, leaving us questioning what ‘fit’ really looks like.Some doctors say people who are overweight (with a

fantastic races in four days. The Challenge began on Sunday, November 24 with a 10K around the Club’s sailing lagoon. The three-lap route is flat, but the wind blowing in off of the Atlantic can make for a testing run, but fast times are possible as proved

runners train hard right up to the day of the marathon because they’re desperately afraid of losing fitness if they don’t," says Bud Baldaro, a Contributing Editor to RUNNER’S WORLD and one of Britain’s leading endurance coaches. "What they don’t realise