With spring marathon training well underway, the cross-training question is heavy on our minds. Do we really have to do it – and if so, what kind and how much? Is it enough to trot up the escalator once a week, or, horrors, do we have to hit the gym
It's a common enough problem: you resolve to follow your run with some strength exercises or flexibility training, but you're too worn out after running..."I am about to re-embark on a weight-loss running plan. I keep reading that cross-training
on occasions – surely the body does not "spot rest" (eg rest legs only) any more than it spot-reduces fat. Take one day off a week at least, and your whole body will benefit. – The Hoose-GoerYour schedule is varied enough to workCross-training helps because it
training with running and cross-training over a period of time is the way to build fitness and avoid injury over the long term. – Mike HawesIt will put extra strain on the body and probably make you change your running style. I do run with a pack sometimes
about getting back to proper training? Should I do some light cross-training?" – frisp(Visit forum for full message)Your best answers...You need time outYou'll get a lot of mixed responses and different opinions here. But I cannot see how your body
after a week or less. A good idea is to do some cross training: swimming, cycling or walking. But be very careful of doing quick breast stroke if you've recently run. It's an unnatural action for legs that are used to only going forwards or backwards
Training for a marathon is tough and time-consuming enough, but at least you're not short of advice on training schedules. But the increasingly popular ultra marathon is quite another matter, as one reader has found. If you've got experience
teacher establishing a cross-country running club at school about six weeks ago, and to my surprise David has not just shown an interest but real enthusiasm. Training sessions have been held once a week after school, sometimes when it's freezing
an ultra-marathon?(Duncan Sadler)No! A marathon's far enough. It's the perfect distance for me, I wouldn't go further. Mind you, I said that before I moved up to marathons...Paula and friends limber up in Regent's ParkWhat cross training do you do
about what it feels like to cross the finish line. That's enough to keep me going. That, and I dont want to be a fat bloater. (stoxy)I try never to run the same route twice, so that I can't be depressed if my times are down. (LizzyB)If I make running
