, fartlek or hill run during the week and then a weekend long run. Fill in around them with short, easy runs, cross-training and rest days. Two very tough runs will make you faster and stronger than five or six so-so weekly runs with little rest between them
is only a state of mind!" (More from this story)Nikki on the overwhelming excitement of her first race... "I started out quickly, running down the hill while fiddling with my iPod, desperate to get into my ears the motivational tunes that I knew would get
