Standfirst: 10 first-time running goals and how to achieve themAuthor: Issue date: aug98Keywords: -- 1. How to... Buy your first running shoeWith more than 150 different specialist running shoes to choose from, finding the right model can
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
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
course; Friday rest; Saturday speed session as above.When you come to the marathon training, follow the RUNNERS WORLD Get-You-Round programme, with the emphasis on a long run every weekend.Bruce Tulloh, RW Coaching Editor
as many calories.How Do I Stay Motivated?Good goals are the secret of motivation, along with an eager training partner. By a good goal I mean something that is definite, attainable and personally worthwhile. Avoid targeting nebulous things like getting
For three months, you've been training for that single day. Now it's over. You've completed the marathon and achieved your goal. What now? The most likely response is 'nothing', and it's a perfectly reasonable one. After all, three or four months
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
on whatever the next week will throw at you. Bruce Tulloh, RW Coaching Editor
, the marathon seems nothing. However, you have to respect your body and allow it to get used to the idea gradually. Best of luck!Bruce Tulloh, who took just 65 days to run across the USA in 1969
. Peter Clark put in a burst and got a gap open. I went after him, and suddenly it was just the two of us. I was feeling the strain with 600 metres to go, when he said, You go on, Bruce, and waved me on. Like a scared rabbit, I ran the last lap in 60