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	TW Interviews: British pro Scott Neyedli By Alison Hamlett on 08/10/2010 23:13:51 With less than 24 hours to go before the 2010 Ironman World Champs get underway, we caught up with British pro triathlete Scott Neyedli it's cooler. Some of the age groupers look fitter than the pros - it's hard to tell who's who. Some people find it hard to back off their training, even the day before the big day. I try to keep the intensity up but the volume a lot less in the week

	Vets In Practice By Alison Hamlett on 07/02/2006 14:51:39 The passage of time need not slow you down. These three veterans are more golden than olden himself a running club, and, in Ollie Wright, a coach, and discovered that he was more than competitive. A few months saw him change from recreational runner into a hard-core track athlete training twice a day.He’s convinced his late start has been a

	Performance Provisions By Alison Hamlett on 03/07/2009 10:12:20 The best training foods can be the simplest GETTY IMAGES The possibility of shaving a few seconds off a personal best, or running further than we ever thought we could, can lead us towards ever more inventive ways to train. But what

	Alison's Marathon des Sables blog: Who, What, Where! By Alison Hamlett on 01/04/2011 16:10:44 Intrepid Editor of Triathlete's World Alison heads to Morocco to take on the toughest footrace on earth - the 2011 Marathon des Sables with freeze-dried food at breakfast and dinner. I tried not to cross the fine line between training hard and becoming injured. I also tried to simulate the conditions I'd face in the desert, but it's hard to train for sand dunes and 40+ degree heat in central

	Six Hill-Running Secrets By Alison Hamlett on 06/05/2010 09:30:11 Learn to love hills and you'll become a stronger triathlete Hills are hard. That's why many of us run or ride around - rather than over - them in training. You might even choose races that are flat in an effort to keep your hill time to a minimum. But the truth is tackling hills will make you a stronger

	TW Interviews: Mark Kleanthous By Alison Hamlett on 04/10/2010 18:24:36 More than two decades after his first Hawaii Ironman, Mark Kleanthous is returning to Kona – where he plans to race even faster. ironmate.co.uk, coaches triathletes, runs a triathlon training camp at Tri-Topia in France, marshals at Big Cow races, and is writing a book about triathlon. He somehow fits all this activity around his unofficial role as the UK’s most prolific triathlete

	Race Day Pacing Strategies By Alison Hamlett on 22/02/2007 15:16:43 On race day, smart pacing can make the difference between triumph and disaster. Reach your potential with these suggested strategies runners had trained hard and were mentally prepared for the challenge but the pair adopted completely different approaches to race strategies.Radcliffe set the pace, as she had in all her previous marathons, daring the other runners to keep up with her

	Marathon du Medoc: A Marathon Drinking Session By Alison Hamlett on 09/10/2008 15:46:44 Pasta parties and recovery runs take on a new meaning when the race-day beverage is taken from the cellars of surrounding chateaux discovered that the sunny weather at the previous year's race had created far more casualties than this year's overcast conditions – although everyone still looked extremely rosy-cheeked, but whether that was down to the heat, exertion or wine, it was hard

	Race Day Pacing Strategies (Preview) By Alison Hamlett on 22/02/2007 16:10:18 On race day, smart pacing can make the difference between triumph and disaster. Reach your potential with these suggested strategies (non-subscriber preview) runners had trained hard and were mentally prepared for the challenge but the pair adopted completely different approaches to race strategies.Radcliffe set the pace, as she had in all her previous marathons, daring the other runners to keep up with her

	Desert Storm: Taking on the Marathon des Sables By Alison Hamlett on 19/07/2011 14:31:20 One hundred and fifty-six miles across the Sahara Desert with limited water supplies in the blistering heat (and with blistering feet)...fancy it? Only masochists need apply. ever when he finished 12th at last year's race; and that there's a two-year waiting list for prospective UK applicants.I wanted to find out more, so I read several books, talked to previous participants and trained hard (for me), running and walking