did it because I think that it's important to challenge myself, grab the opportunities that come along and generally live life to the full. I can't wait to get some professional help, and have my training taken seriously. My coach is lovely, and we
when the weather is warm enough. Continue with flexibility work, oxygen intake training and hill or resistance running (but look for variety and challenge).April-May: Move on to lactate tolerance sessions, but maintain drills and oxygen intake sessions
to overcome each one. Can’t find the time to run? Need more supportive friends? Relax. Read on. And get ready to handle these top seven challenges without breaking your stride.Survive This: Those Long Nine MonthsYou're pleased as punch that you’re pregnant
in their new kit. Find out what they had to say about being selected and the challenge ahead in this exclusive video of the meet-and-greet seminar. MEET THE EXPERTSRW coach Steve Smythe may need no introduction in the forums, but then neither do the two newest
the experience - I might be a few steps away from losing my pre-race nerves completely, but I've got more time and more races before April 26 to practice.Liz says: Sue has handled the training well and her body is holding up to the challenges that the schedule
the right time.This year though, I’ve a strong emotional reason for taking on the challenge. A friend of mine broke his back in a car crash seven years ago and he asked me to consider running the marathon on his behalf. Of course I said yes – but only later
scenery, an immense challenge, and an awesome achievement – but for me the elation came simply from the fact that the bloody thing was over. I have never experienced moments of running-induced agony quite like those felt as I dragged myself up – and flung
challenge.5. Why should I join a club?High in the mountains of Albuquerque Paula Radcliffe can be found honing her athletic powers driven by little more than a sense of destiny. Well, actually, she's driven by the encouragement of her husband, Gary Lough
means I can only run three times a week, but I’m 100 per cent up for the challenge and excited to find out how I can get faster.Nick says: Helen is an extremely busy working mum. She highlights her greatest running strength as perseverance and her
, swimming, and weight lifting are great most of the year, as part of low-key training months when your main goals are general fitness and injury prevention, but the heavy training month before a big race needs to be a month of living a little dangerously
