on target?Heart-rate training for marathonersHow to minimise down-timeRace-day planning...and much more!Too impatient? Here's last year's archive Pre-schedule countdown: Week -2 | Week -1 The real training starts here:Week 1 | Week 2 | Week 3 | Week

some super reviews of his Polar F11 heart rate monitor and Garmin 205).AlfaMale, also writing about the New Balance 1050, mainly in comparison with his Asics 2100s.Giving a female perspective, Thalita Vergilio writes warmly of the modestly priced Asics

-enthusiastic after some good performances! I then came down with a throat/chest virus which was completely debilitating.To cut a long story short, I eased off my training (still doing the odd jog), but, like you, my resting heart rate was about 5-6 bpm above normal

Untitled DocumentThe Runner's World Personal Best Awards aim to recognise and reward the products and services that have helped make your running so enjoyable and enriching.This year, to accommodate the Heroes of Running Awards, we had Awards

that builds you up in realistic increments to the date of your race (allowing for one or two easier weeks at the end). If you can use a schedule from RUNNER’S WORLD, a good book, or an accredited coach at your local club, that’s ideal. It will be a tried

heart after all?Snowdonia Marathon (Gwynedd, October 30) Rated as one of the UK's toughest races by Runner's World's editors, and one of the most spectacularly scenic by our website members, a race preview of the Snowdonia Marathon was well deserved

them on runs, encourage them, lend them your back issues of RUNNER’S WORLD. Do all the things you wish someone had done for you!I resolve to Leave my watch at home for one run a weekWhy? Not every run is a race. Time has its role as an objective means

've wisely invested in a heart rate monitor to control your training effort, our introduction to heart rate training will come in handy.On top of that, 39 great speed sessions, from the simple to the murderous, and...... race-specific speedwork (not

. The studies show it clearly. But the evidence doesn’t stop there. A recent study performed in Quebec showed that an aerobic exercise programme that included occasional 90-second bursts at 95 per cent of maximum heart rate burned three and a half times more

list of different people’s numbers, in What is your resting heart rate?What are your local runners like? Aloof? Condescending? Jolly – or just plain friendly? Many people feel quite affronted if their cheery greeting isn’t echoed, and can get quite