core strength doing farm work from an early age, and they get further strength from running the soft, rutted dirt roads of Kenya. People speculate that [three-time London Marathon champion] Martin Lel or [2008 Olympic marathon champion] Sammy Wanjiru

was spent building up my core stability, testing new shoes and generally not running. January saw training start proper and with caution, I took it easy, running a maximum of three days a week, maybe four if I was feeling brave. The training in general

up and adapting to the training loads. Weeks 1 - 3Sue says: I’m feeling good – I’m hitting my target paces and including core stability work seems to be making a big difference, I’ve had some strong race performances and my pre-race nerves are much