a three-day-a-week plan or a customisable programme you can download straight to your Garmin Forerunner), plus links to our interactive SmartCoach tool, expert marathon Q&As, race-day checklists and more. Build-up Events There's nothing like
on a shorter race distance for this spring and postpone your marathon goal for a year.Do you have people to train with?Your preparations will be easier if you can find a partner, or better still, a small group to go out with. The added motivation
) on our busy, friendly forum. It's buzzing with runners asking questions, offering advice or just having a chat, and there's even a dedicated training section packed with runners gearing up for a huge range of distances, target races and PBs. Do a quick
© Getty Images If 26.2 miles just isn't enough, an ultra could be the race for you. Races longer than a marathon, ultras range from 30 miles to hundreds of miles and take place in hundreds of beautiful locations from Sussex to the Sahara
what everyone else is up to? Drop into our friendly forums – they’re full of runners who’ve been there, done that, and have the race T-shirt to prove it.
the organisations listed have vast experience of supporting runners in the build-up to your race and on the day itself.Real Runners, Real Conversations Tap the knowledge of thousands of other runners in our busy, friendly forums. Among the many conversations taking
national marathon coach, he now works as a mentor for England Athletics.Bud joined us to mark the start of our Half-Marathon Newsletter, powered by ASICS. Our weekly half-marathon newsletter provides schedules and training advice to get you race ready
.Starting a thread on the RUNNER’S WORLD website forums (runnersworld.co.uk/forum) is a great way to get details about races. The Seaford half-marathon wasn’t one of Scot Haggarty’s best efforts so he wanted to prepare others for the course: “There is an evil
Every year there are thousands of races in Britain, ranging from 5K charity jogs to ultra events and with options over trail, countryside, fell, track and road. Some runners cram in races every weekend, but if you want to maximise your
of ultras and mountain races in the past 15 years, including half tour of Mont Blanc in August this year. My advice would be not to overdo the mileage. You can never really train for a 50-mile race by doing a 50-mile training run, as you would just get
