London Marathon build-up. On Friday March 5, we'll be welcoming Paul Evans, former Chicago Marathon winner - and another Lucozade Sport Super Six mentor - onto the forums between 1pm and 2pm to answer more of your marathon training questions. Pop the date
Steve has run more than 60 marathons (26 Londons) and as well as holding a PB of 2:29, he has also won a British marathon title in his age group. This spring, he joins us as one of our ASICS Super Six mentors, working with Peter, Alison and Alex
and Great Britain bobsleigher, Keith is also an adviser to the Lucozade Sport Performance League and has been imparting his wisdom to our Flora London Marathon contenders - the Lucozade Sport Super Six.We caught up with Keith to find out how to dodge common
What do elites drink in a marathon?Hilly Some say you don't need anything other than water in a marathon, others that sports drinks/gels are needed. I've always just stuck to drinking Lucozade Sport, but I'm sure this isn't enough in the latter stages of a
-day schedules are based on the Furman Institute (FIRST) schedules and include three good quality runs (two speed sessions and a brisk long run) and two cross-training sessions per week. Our Garmin-ready schedules (newly refreshed for 2011 by ASICS Super Six
built on that. By mile six, I was about eight-minute miling. I felt really good. I cruised through Tower Bridge in that I knew I was capable of exploiting, and, I knowing that my girlfriend was at mile 16, those next three miles just melted away. I saw
in bed for a week with a bad virus. FLM was actually easier! I'm a great believer in putting yourself through something horrendous in order to make the other goal seem easier. Large gulps of Lucozade Sport every mile, and jelly babies from 16 miles
."Really enjoyed the day," said jH. "Feeling it this morning, though. First half marathon for six years; really needed to have done more hills to prepare for this one." Melanie Arbib summed it up with a self-edited anecdote: "One man shouted, 'is it me
