Are fast marathoners a breed apart, or can the rest of us be as fast if we work hard enough?"Are fast runners naturally fast, or can you teach yourself to be fast, through pure dedication and training? I'm a long way off a 3:15 marathon, but with a few years of hard training woul...

is experimental and appears to only definitely work in rabbits. The problem is that at the moment the cartilage grafts tend to fail in areas of the knee where there is significant load. This means that the surgeons who are performing the procedure have to select

Time: 4:39Hard graft - just not enough training due to work. Got around in 4.39 which was what I was expecting. Was a complete plonker on the day - I forgot to affix my chip! Remember the runners motto "In the marathon - as in loving - you have

is even more of an 'in-betweener' shoe. The hard-wearing upper is grafted onto a road shoe midsole, and the outsole lugs are aggressive but not much more than many road models. The Attack is probably the least competent off-roader in Asics's range

to succeed this time!" Weaknesses: "Giving myself a hard time when I don't do well and things don't go to plan." About me: "I love my running, I'm prepared to go the extra mile to get to my goal, motivation is not an issue to get the hard graft done! I have

from the double bone graft, “See you in February for the implants. Bring six thousand pounds.”I haven’t been able to run since that day. The grafts came from a bone bank in San Francisco and were granular. They’re held in by little plates of Teflon

percentage need bone grafting.

’t healed within six to eight weeks, they’ll need to check that bony union is in fact occurring – if it’s not, they may have to consider further measures, including surgery and bone grafting. On a positive note, a healed stress fracture is usually stronger

, on an empty stomach, quickly renders you insensible. By the time you regain consciousness, you’ve missed dinner.The effect on one’s running is dramatic. You feel as if someone’s lifted a hundredweight keg of lard from your back and grafted wings to your shoes

is it to train to a schedule?Can I improve on fewer sessions per week?How can I progress from run/walk to run/run?Can I become a faster runner through sheer graft – or is speed in your genes?I want to start running to work - what are the best ways to transport