. "If you look around any pool, you can spot people who are nervous and uptight when they're swimming: they will be grimacing," says Kelly. The result is that the muscles in the face, neck and shoulders tense up and stroke efficiency plummets
Eight years ago, dedicated club runner Keith Passingham was diagnosed with bowel cancer. Where some might have buckled under after such a crushing blow, Passingham, now 56, got ready for battle. He endured the lengthy and exhausting treatment
to pick up the pace at Mile 20 in any case. But suddenly, everything ground to a halt. The road narrowed and everybody seemed to be walking. By the time I reached the next mile marker, I was four minutes down. I knew I wouldn’t be able to claw it back. I
, or the sole rating for September's Quicksand 15, your scores and comments are now helping runners up and down the country to decide where to race each weekend.The ratingsWe've divided the 2004 ratings into two tables:Races with more than 10 votesRaces with 3
renowned marathon runner Shades, faced more unusual challenges still. "I’ve agreed to pace a blind runner round," she posted during the weeks leading up to the big day. "I haven’t done it before - we’re using a piece of rope and voice. He’s done 156
different and that there is a chance they will blow up later on. It's a three-discipline sport, after all. And if they don't fade, then they're just a better athlete than you. So focus on your own race and just get on with it.
the control group saw virtually no improvement. Go out hard "For me, setting the right pace is the hardest part," says Commonwealth Games silver medallist Jo Pavey. "You can't go too fast at the start and risk blowing up, but you don't want to start too
) Three laps of a rolling road course, and your penultimate chance to run a UK marathon in 2008. Not feeling up to the full distance? Take the relay option... --Wokingham Half-MarathonFilling Up Fast…OK, so these events might be weeks away, but you'll need
’ll definitely be able to get round a 10K one way or another, so there’s nothing to be afraid of. The first step is to start building up your training distances in small increments to improve your endurance. It’s easiest if you integrate the training into your
-marathon schedules Tried and trusted... Our best-ever schedules -- for the half; 12 weeks from sub-1:20 to 2:30 run-walk Essential Q&As -- Nutrition, training, race day and more...The technical know-how -- Pacing tactics and fuelling advice to avoid a blow-up
