that at the Flora London Marathon you try to run with the RUNNER’S WORLD pacers. They’ll relieve you of the pressure of pacing yourself. As for the second part of your question, multiplying your half-marathon time by 2.2 (or your 10K time by between 4.66 and 5

think you could race that half-marathon.On Saturday, try an interval-type session of shorter bursts of running with a timed recovery between each burst (eg 6-10 repetitions of distances between 400 and 1000 metres). These don’t need to be flat out

Q In the last 18 months, I’ve run three marathons. As a result, though, my times have gone backwards for 10K and half-marathon. I thought that all the training I’ve been doing would make me faster – what am I doing wrong?A Firstly, you need to ask

Q I gave birth nine weeks ago, and before this I was running up to eight miles every day. I went for my first run the other day and felt dreadful. I want to run a 10K in a couple of months, before tackling a half-marathon in the autumn. I

never take you further than 13 miles and ones that suggest you run the complete distance or further in training.In our marathon training schedules the longest distance we ever suggest is 22 miles for the sub-3:00 group, other groups don’t go quite as far

in 15-20 minutes. Then get in the car or on your bike to measure the distance in miles, divide the time by the distance and multiply the result by 6.2 to get a rough figure for 10K. Be realistic though – don’t run yourself into the ground for 20 minutes