:08:28 Strengths: An obsession with training plans, statistics and following instructions. Weaknesses: Making my legs go as fast as I want them too. And chocolate. Most looking forward to: Everything!I'm particularly
the hills? Put your legs in gear and forget about a PB – this is rural racing at its very best.What you say "Great scenery with great people. I've done all four and I plan to get back for number five." John Grimsey 96 98 51 ratings10Brathay Windermere
personal battle with the unrelenting terrain of the Marlborough Downs!" Geoff Twitchen 95 96 40 ratings10 Meon Valley Plod 19.5, Hampshire When? February 17 Why? Leg-crumbling hills and lashings of mud make this a punishing cross-country number
than 200 steps will challenge your legs on the way to a majestic finish at Corfe Castle. 89 98 23 ratings50 San Domenico 20, Glamorgan When? March 9 Why? Rolling off-road route between Merthyr Tydfil and Treharris against
and tracks, with a couple of bomb craters thrown in for good measure. 96 100 9 ratings 31 Machen Mountain Run 10K, Caerphilly When? August 25 Why? Gruelling fell run whose 300m of ascent is sure to ask questions of both your legs and your lungs
. By picking up the pace slightly for one to three minutes at a time, you'll keep your legs fresher. Share your big-race goals with training partners. This will let you feed off their encouragement as you train hard for the big day. Better yet, get them
years, you have more experience, more mileage in your legs and your training is more serious."Built for the long haul? How a marathon runner agesBones When you age, your bones get less dense. Weight-bearing exercise like running helps, but it won't halt
[backside] iliotibial band [outside of the legs], hip flexors and quads [front of hips and thighs], pectorals and anterior deltoids [top of the chest and front of the shoulders]. Follow this with relaxing stretches for each of these body parts: hold each
preceding nights. When I racked my bike on the night before the race, one of the officials asked me how old I was. "I don’t know," I said. He asked me what I wanted him to put, pointing at my leg. They mark you with your age category as well as your number
: Lincolnshire 2010 Rating: 80%Run this if you like... testing legs over a mix of road, trail and off-road terrain; discovering rural Lincolnshire; hills.Sussex MarathonWhen: April 3 Where: East Sussex 2010 Rating: new to RWRun this if you like... chasing through
