later, when Candy, clearly a cultured man, called the rapidly growing Runner’s World group of Ironman wannabes the following year a Ship of Fools – and added ‘Pirate’ in deference to that original sticker.Forumite and Channel swimmer Dr Nic pointed out
forumites make you feel at home and are great at offering tips and advice to beginners like me."The effects have been incredible: since taking up running, Donna has lost three and a half stone and is now raising money for Breakthrough Breast Cancer
Hard Training Q&AsTRAINING GENERAL• Do I need to take an "easy week" when my average mileage isn’t that high? • Should you try and break through ‘the wall’ in training? • Is it just the cold weather, or am I getting fitter? • How do I overcome
sane through some traumatic and life-changing incidents. I've been an RW forumite for more than eight years, and I’ve met many real-life friends through the forums. Already there’s a great camaraderie among the six of us too – I’m sure we’re all going
at the marathon. Get drunk 3 days before, as I did, and you are playing with fire. – Jonathan BurkeBinges are best kept for after the raceAt the 2005 Amsterdam Marathon I went to the forumite meet-up the night before the race. Ended up drinking pint for pint
, the combined expertise of the ASICS PRO Team and of course the input of runnersworld.co.uk forumites. Not only that, but you'll also be kitted out with head-to-toe ASICS gear, race entry, travel and post-race hospitality. WHAT YOU WILL RECEIVE Entry
you're lucky enough to take part in the VLM this year - or if you just want to get involved in the event - you can enjoy the cheers and festivities at Mile 17. Every year our forumites flock here to encourage runners and give out treats. Flick through
on his thread and his firm belief in the value of correct nutritional practices is beginning to win over those more sceptical forumites! Richard is looking forward to the taper period. His priorities will be to train well and keep injury- and illness
or two.I like to deal with problems head on, but I've got to wait and see the doctor and physio. So, frustratingly it's out of my hands. My general philosophy on things when things are bad is "have a bag of Minstrels, deal with the problem, move on". I
to Mudchute with the other forumites to support at Mile 17, and I just wanted to jump over the barrier and join in. I ran again this year and it was great - it felt like one big party, from Mudchute to the wall of people screaming my name along the Embankment
