One of the long-enduring and rarely questioned traditions associated with triathlon events of all kinds is the substantial pasta dinner the evening before race day. After all, who doesn't believe in the hearty, turbo-fuelling advantages of eating a
fitter?Tea&Toast Man I feel a bit daft questioning stuff when something's gone better than expected, but here goes! Last night I ran seven recovery miles. I planned to stay under 70%; this has recently meant around 9:30 minutes per mile.When I checked my
in the fight against cancer, the necessity) of remaining famous and influential. During an interview after his training run, a similar dichotomy revealed itself in his marathon goals. On one side: his hubris and innate ability to endure extreme physical
the fact that my arms had been turning over for six hours, the physical challenge was eclipsed by the mental toughness of the swim: it was a case of enduring the slow passing of time and the inability to know how long I had to swim for.We entered
for longer or add more run sessions. It also depends how much run specific training you were doing before and how much tri-training your doing now. The swim and bike sessions you do will certainly help your endurance and overall fitness but if your replaying
day a dab of vaseline across each eyebrow directs the sweat away from the eyes. muddy_runner Are head/hair bands that uncool? I wear one for sport because I have a bit of a floppy fringe going on. I don't mind if I look daft! Here's another question
the crowd roar (okay, maybe clap a little bit). But then the Greek started to come back and suddenly he was asking the questions as he inched into the lead with 20 metres left. Alas, I didn't have the answer - the tank was dry and he pipped me to the line
this – I am now an endurance athlete. Yeah, baby… that is what I am putting on the CV from now on." (More from this story)Jo on how she took the plunge and offered her 10-minute mile pace to her local running club… "Now there’s one thing I really hate, more
