Welcome to Adobe GoLive 5Six months ago, Philippa Braidwood, Kerry Neale and Phil Wilson were complete beginners. On April 18, all three successfully completed the Flora London Marathon. We caught up with them, and their coach Keith Anderson
responded to a request placed by us on the forums earlier this year. We wanted beginner runners who were willing to take on a massive challenge – to get from virtually nothing to 26.2 miles in time for the 2004 Flora London Marathon.Over the coming months
As the Flora London Marathon draws closer, RUNNER’S WORLD’s three marathon protégés – Kerry Neale, Philippa Braidwood and Phil Wilson – have been stepping up their mileage. While all have found the running hard but enjoyable, they’ve also discovered
In the December issue of RUNNER’S WORLD, we introduced you to three intrepid volunteers willing to let us train them up from being absolute beginners to running the Flora London Marathon in April. You’ll be pleased to know that, after six weeks
London Marathon 2008 entries are open, and you're sitting on the fence. Your can't-do demon reminds you that even five miles can leave you gasping at the moment. Your gung-ho self counters that a friend of your cousin's ran 3:28 with just two weeks
Life, I have concluded, is more like a fartlek session than a marathon. It jogs along for years at a steady pace then it passes the second lamppost after the church and vroom! its head goes down and suddenly its thundering along at a five
.SpeedworkFive tips, four sessions, three golden rules – fitting the fast stuff into your training schedule has never been so easy.Marathon RunningThe big one in a nutshell - everything you need to think about if you’re planning to tackle 26.2 miles, from setting
When you set out as a runner, you’ll find that you have many more questions than answers. Am I too slow? How do I get faster? What can I do to stop it hurting? How long will it take before I get better? And there will definitely be times when you think you’ll never find t...
marathons or big races). By repeating mantras to myself such as, “I can do hills, I can do hills”, when normally I’d think: “Oh blimey, look at that hill”, I was able to push on and keep going. Obviously, you need to recognise the difference between real
Time not givenMy first marathon. Absolutely loved it - the euphoria, atmosphere, crowds cheering you on - I keep re-living it! It was painful towards the end, but that's quickly forgotten!Index of all quotesNext quote
