minutes per mile slower than your usual pace on a long run, you will find that you can keep going longer and farther without feeling as tired. A long, slow run will yield almost the same endurance benefits as a long, fast one. And youll burn almost
Standfirst: 10-mile race brings out all the attributes of the distance runner. Follow our training programme and you could be hitting your target time in eight weeksAuthor: Bruce TullohPics:Issue date: nov98Keywords:uan95--Because running a good 10
that involves a job and a family.The main ingredients of the programme are repetition and interval running, but with an emphasis on continuous, fast-paced runs to build up your speed endurance. Thus, much of your steady running should be at around threshold pace
miles and half-marathons in the autumn. After that, you can start training for your second marathon.Bruce Tulloh, endurance coach and organiser of the Safari Marathon
, emphasising the endurance rather than the quality side of your programme. Step three is to prepare yourself mentally to be on your feet for anything from a couple of miles to 100 per cent longer than you were for the marathon.Go short and fastEvery effective
schedule. You may not achieve the three hours, but the extra amount of training should enable you to improve on last years time. Bruce Tulloh, RW Coaching Editor
rhythm. Incidentally, the harder training should improve your 10K performance at the same time.—Bruce Tulloh, RW Coaching Editor
s more, you have a great endurance base which can be used as a platform for your next venture, provided that you give yourself time to recover after a marathon. Six weeks is the minimum interval between marathon-type efforts because you need at least two
to winning the New York Marathon. Moves in the opposite direction are rarer, because it is easier to gain endurance and lose speed than the other way round; however, Todd Bennett, with the help of a good coach, moved from being a steeplechaser and cross
Standfirst: Author: Bruce TullohPics:Issue date: racing secrets bookletKeywords:--This band covers serious athletes. The schedule will take you up to over 50 miles a week, which is about as much training as is compatible with a lifestyle
