to be to compete at international level. Unlike its constituent sports, progress in triathlon is hard to measure by comparing times over fixed distances. Every event is unique. Even if two races have exactly equivalent distances, they will most likely have
put his back-up plan into action: he took his family to New York for Halloween, which coincided with the New York City Marathon. "It helped knowing that I had something different to aim for and to immerse myself in - and that it involved my new
there in the elements? Take a look at Running confessions to see who’s beeping and chugging, and the other weird and wonderful things runners get up to to see them through the miles.As we’ve grown here at RW, so has our internal triathlon community. But because so many
down the volume. Research at the University of Northern Iowa found that those running 50 miles a week had marathon times no faster than those who logged just 40 at a similar intensity. Moreover, the 50-mile runners were no fitter than their 40-mile kin
wanted to do a marathon, but you know what it's like – I always seemed to be saying I'll do it next year. At the start of last year we watched Run Fat Boy Run… and something clicked! I’ve been running since then. toby3 I went to support my girlfriend
experiences: media training; taking them to international race meetings; giving seminars on how to cope with injury; tutoring on how to deal with the disappointment of a bad race – things like that. I want all my athletes to have the best chance of succeeding
and The Juicer for the curry.The Warrior UprisingTo the uninitiated, Tough Guy is no ordinary race. In fact it is like no race you have ever done. Marathon runners, sprinters, ultra-runners, elite triathletes, plodders, you ain’t done diddly squat until you
.Britain's Mara Yamauchi finished a creditable ninth in the women's marathon this morning with a time of 2:32.55. The Oxford-born athlete, who now resides in Tokyo, actually led the race at 30km, but she was cut adrift from the leading pack of eight in the closing
per week - I was able to cope. But things fell apart big style in October 2001 when, aged 38, I started training for the Flora London Marathon after a seven-year lay-off with virtually no exercise at all.The shin splints came back with a vengeance
