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Pose your questions to Mitchum's experts
By on 11/05/2011 09:03:18
Introducing a series of forum Q+As taking place in April and May
However long you've been running, and whatever your age or ambition, chances are you'll have questions. How can you improve your race times? What's the perfect race day diet? How can you avoid overtraining? Well, now you can pose your questions
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Ask The Experts: Marathon Training with Paul Evans
By on 08/03/2010 07:44:27
Catch the highlights from Friday's lunchtime debate, when Chicago Marathon winner - and Lucozade Sport Super Six mentor - Paul Evans answered your marathon questions live in the forums
ahead to the Virgin London Marathon on April 25.Read the whole forum debateQ. I'm currently training for my first marathon but my schedule doesn't include any speedwork. Would there be any benefit in including some speedwork six weeks before race day
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Ask The Experts: Marathon Training with Steve Smythe
By Steve Smythe on 08/02/2010 10:01:39
Catch the highlights from Friday's lunchtime debate, when experienced coach - and Lucozade Sport Super Six mentor - Steve Smythe answered your marathon questions live in the forums
at the London Marathon (2:46, 2:43, 2:46, 2:43 [his quickest in last 20 years] and 2:47). Over the years, he estimates he's run about 2,000 races.Read the whole forum debateQ. Most marathon schedules are based on past performances but my opinion is that you
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Ask The Experts: Marathon Week with Liz Yelling
By on 16/04/2010 17:38:42
Catch the highlights from Friday's lunchtime debate, when double Olympian - and Lucozade Sport Super Six mentor - Liz Yelling answered your marathon questions live in the forums
as they look ahead to April 25.Read the whole forum debateQ. I am training for a sub-3:45 marathon, and normally run my long runs at about 9:00 or 9:30 pace. However, last week my plan suggested I do my long run at 8:30 pace. Is this too fast? Kirsty GA
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Ask The Experts: Marathon Training with Steve Smythe
By on 07/02/2011 15:05:40
Catch the highlights from Friday's lunchtime debate, when the author of our new and improved marathon schedules - and ASICS Super Six mentor – Steve Smythe answered your marathon questions live in the forums
as they look ahead to the Paris Marathon on April 10.Read the whole forum debateQ. What's the single biggest thing you wish you'd known about running a marathon before your first attempt? LIVERBIRDA. Don't do a marathon too early. Only run a marathon when you
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Ask The Experts: Marathon Week with Steve Smythe
By on 05/04/2011 10:14:55
Catch the highlights from Friday's lunchtime debate, when ASICS Super Six coach Steve Smythe answered your taper and marathon pacing questions live in the forums
for the Paris Marathon on April 10.Read the whole forum debateQ. With five weeks to go to the Virgin London Marathon, my training was on track for close to a 3:15 race. However, I picked up a knee injury and have only managed a couple of runs since. I've been
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Ask the Experts: Taper and Race Week with Sam Murphy
By on 02/04/2012 15:52:53
Catch the highlights from Friday's lunchtime debate, when ASICS Target 26.2 coach Sam Murphy answered your questions about the final stage of marathon training live in the forums
Sam is one of the UK's leading fitness experts, and a keen runner. She has completed 15 marathons (with a PB of 3:22) and the Himalayan 100 Mile Race among numerous others.In addition to her first class degree in Sport and Exercise Science, Sam is a
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Ask The Experts: Steve Smythe on Marathon Training
By on 24/01/2012 17:43:47
Catch the highlights from Friday's lunchtime debate, when ASICS Target 26.2 coach Steve Smythe answered your marathon and half-marathon training questions live in the forums
as they look ahead to the Paris Marathon on April 15.Read the whole forum debate.Q. I have a few questions about the longest training runs: 1. How should you build up to them? 2. How long should they be? 3. How many times should you run your longest run? 4. How
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Marathon Q+A: Nick Anderson
By Nick Anderson on 23/01/2009 18:04:57
Discover the answers to some of your frequently-asked marathon questions with these highlights from our live forum debate with British Endurance Coach - and Lucozade Sport Super Six mentor - Nick Anderson
. Enter races, but run them as long runs or as part of your long run. As long as you run at training pace, it’ll teach you to run in a race environment, practice taking drinks and getting used to standing on a start line.Q. I try to do speed work, but I
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FLM: a Mile-by-mile Guide by RW Readers
By Marguerite Lazell on 06/04/2006 21:05:35
Spliced together from hundreds of 2005 reader accounts, here's what you can expect at each mile of the FLM
London callingYour 2005 Flora London Marathon stories form some of the most uplifing pages we've published. If you haven't dipped into them, you really owe it to youself. Meanwhile, here's a mile by mile guide to the race itself, from some of those
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