. But what I do have in common with Liz and Sonia (apart from our taste in sport and washboard tummies I wish!) is that I too have been a pregnant runner. Unlike them I did not go on to win London Marathon records or win medals at the Sydney Olympics
rants. Yes, everyone seems to know each other. Yes, it's home of the funniest threads in the forums…"Expect Jon, Dangerous Dave, Dodge and Fat Buddah to hijack your thread within seconds!" - Hula Hoop Flora London MarathonBusy throughout the year
– is that they chafe, but this is usually down to poor fit, or the bra being worn out. Messem points out that many women will go through a whole marathon training schedule wearing the same bra, even though they’ll probably lose weight during that time, so the bra won
the pace of your runs is essential to improving, it's key to have the correct variation. "You need to make your recovery runs really easy and your hard runs really hard," explains Chris Frapwell, coach to GB Olympic marathon hopeful Dan Robinson. "Easy runs
John Buzzard was a seriously stressed man. His work involved long hours and punishing travel. He was married with three small, hyperactive children, who all demanded a lot from him when he was at home.Living in a busy London suburb, he was always
of returning to Hawaii – this year he made it. We caught up with the inexhaustible Kleanthous as he put the finishing touches to his preparation for the world’s most famous Ironman competition.Why did you take up triathlon?I had run more than 40 marathons
.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
Challenge. Now she has her eye on the biggest prize of all: "Cross-country is good background work, but because it isn't an Olympic sport, I'm moving more towards track. I'm focusing on the 5,000m for London 2012." Focus is one thing Purdue certainly has
woman have been banned from competing in the Edinburgh Marathon for life after they were caught swapping entry numbers. What do you think? Love it! They probably just put the wrong numbers on - if they knew each other, and were staying at the same
this rain. At this very moment, it is bucketing it down and has done for most of the day. So much for summer marathon training! One consolation, at least when it rains, it is not freezing our wot-nots off! – RozSummer? I think you missed it. – Big Dave
