are the weekly long runs. These should reach their highest points between weeks Nine and 12. While on most weekends you will be concentrating on your stamina, we strongly suggest that you make at least one attempt during this period to race a half-marathon. One

The ‘Get You Round’ schedule A beginner’s programme, mixing some walking with running, over 4-5 days a week.The idea here is to get you fit enough to make it round the course, regardless of speed, so there’ll be very little fast work. You need

a long, two-and-a-half-hour run in Week 7. The schedules also suggest you finish Week 8 with a race. Race flat-out if you’re racing up to 10 miles, or run at your intended marathon pace if you’re running a half-marathon. If you race flat-out, try

is the long run. This will gradually build up from around an hour in the early weeks to over three. The other crucial sessions are the faster runs. On Thursday, this will alternate between marathon and half-marathon pace, while Tuesday will be between 5K

an oxygen debt. It is therefore an excellent guide to your general aerobic fitness, and to the times you can expect to run for other distances.As an event, the 10 miles falls into the same bracket as the 10K and the half-marathon, in that success depends

keep focused.Now is the time to assess your fitness and set a realistic goal for 23 April. If you follow a schedule that’s appropriate to you, there will be opportunities further down the line – perhaps a half-marathon after a few weeks – to gauge your

threads or analyse their statistics via Garmin's MotionBased software. Ian Ward (aka Wardi) Finish time: 3:03:43 (Target: sub-3:00) PBs: half-marathon 1:24:56; marathon 3:06 Target sub 3:00 --> Wardi thinks: Overall, I was really pleased

. If you have no idea of your race form and you haven’t been running three times a week or more in the last six months, we'd advise you follow the Get You Round schedule.   10K 10 Miles Half-Marathon Get You Round 60 mins+ 1:38+ 2:11+ Sub-4:30 51

edge on your prodigious fitness to smash your 10K and half-marathon PBs. (After a fortnight's recovery, Bruce Tulloh suggests easing into weekly speedwork such as 4-6 x 800m for half-marathons, and 8-12 x 400m for 10Ks, and thinking about racing from

Time: 4:45It's not snappy but I have to get it off my chest: - Flora London Marathon 2004,Had some problems with the schedule, sub four,Twisted my ankle at a race called  'The Grim'.Didn't know if I should sink or swim! But decided after Bath Half