Check out some behind-the-scenes snaps from our pacing team at the Great North West Half Marathon in Blackpool, supported by Timex and Pearl Izumi.If you're keen to join in, the RW Pace Team will be at the races below this Spring, covering finish

started to understand what endurance running was all about.Q. When did you know that you wanted to compete?A. After that first race. I was determined to push even harder and do even better in the next race. Q. What is your favourite distance? A. Half-marathon

it was. But six months later the Great North Run was formed, then the Reading Half Marathon, the Robin Hood Marathon – you had loads of other races that were set up as a result of it.But London remains the pinnacle...It’s London’s biggest one-day festival

Lilesa, PB: 2:04:52 Bib no 9: Stanley Biwott, PB: 2:05:12Bib no 11: Deressa Chimsa, PB: 2:05:42Bib no 12: Stephen Kiprotich, PB: 2:07:20Bib no 29: Guest: Mo Farah (Mo will be running half the marathon)You can watch the Virgin London Marathon on BBC One

usual pace for half your typical easy-run length, but if your legs feel heavy, add an extra mile and pick up the pace toward the end.  Turn It upA reload plan for the last few days before your big eventDay    Marathon reload5K or 10K reloadWed OFFOFFThu2

We had already started our celebration of another completed Boston Marathon. With little more than a half-mile to go, John and Megan Valentine and I were discussing how we could possibly improve on a great cornering photo (Hereford onto Boylston

, but I’m much more disciplined with my preparation.That said, I should have trained more for the 2012 GNR. It was half the distance but felt twice as hard as the marathon. I enjoyed the Royal Parks Foundation Half, which I did a few weeks later, more

Marathon preparation means months of meticulous planning and diligent training to get you in peak condition. But if you don’t also have a precise plan for the race itself, you won’t get the best results from all that hard work. How should you warm

to Reading Half Marathon I started getting pain around the ball of my foot. This has continued since the race and I'm now training for another next month and am worried about aggravating it more with the added speed work.The pain occurs around the ball

amounts in one shot.Q9) I read the advice you were giving to the Asics crew regarding carbo loading for their half marathon with a view to using the same strategy over two days before the marathon. It seemed you were suggesting a lot of food but on the day