TRAINING: GENERAL | Long runs | Speedwork | Hillwork | Heart rate | TRAINING FOR RACING | Marathon | CROSS-TRAINING | Miscellaneous | CreditsThese are highlights and frequently asked questions from our training forums. They were created by members

Q I regularly run hill reps at 85 per cent of my maximum heart rate (MHR) but when I’m halfway through the session, I feel like giving up. What should I concentrate on to get me through the repetitions? A Training in the 85 per cent MHR zone – threshold pace – is very demanding, ...

and not in sticking to a set schedule. If, after a speed session or some hillwork, you feel tired or sore, it is your body telling you to take it easy. Trying to run through it is only likely to leave you feeling worse or cause an injury.Before a run, make sure

low in the recoveries. If you feel like you have to walk during the recoveries, you've probably got the speed too high for the sprints. After 10 sprints, cool down with an easy jog for 2-3 minutes. Hillwork Even if you live in the flattest fens

Q I had a couple of years without racing, and then took up speedwork again 11 months ago. But even though I’m back up to 40-50 miles a week (from 15-25) and doing speed sessions (typically 6 x 1 mile with four-minute jog recoveries, or 16 x 400m with 200m recoveries), plus hard ...

are at the top, you turn a corner and it keeps going. Oh boy, was that the truth! Still, all the Wednesday night hillwork sessions at Chislehurst with other forumites certainly paid dividends. We kicked in and kept going.  This was all helped by the banter

distances, building up to a race, race day itself)• General (training basics, speedwork, hillwork and other elements, motivation, heart-rate monitoring, Mike Gratton's 'hard training' section)Health: • Beating Injury (how to diagnose it, how to avoid it

. More experienced runners would run the fast section between 10K and half-marathon pace, and may do two sets of 10 minutes with 5-10 minutes jog between; or one 20-minute effort. Try hillwork. Warm up with a 10-minute run to the base of a hill that has a

You could head to the track for some intervals Tuesday, and log a tempo run on Thursday. Or you could follow the lead of today's top runners and combine two traditional quality sessions into one killer workout. Britain's number one male marathon runner, Dan Robinson, is a 'combo ...

making an assault on the Raby Castle 10K is to do lots of hillwork in your training – there’s a long, slow hill that really opens up the field, then a short, steep one. And as it’s a two-lap course, you have to go through the agony again. Still