qualified for the World Championships with my 2010 London Marathon time. Those are my two main goals for next year.Q. What are ideal racing conditions for you?A. I'm told the weather's going to be cold and sunny on race day so that will be ideal for marathon
country, moved up to 5,000m and 10,000m on the track and finished with the marathon.Then he simply stopped running. “Kenyan runners don’t retire, they simply disappear,” he says. Moses doesn’t run any more, but he loves to watch athletics on TV. Seeing
the world marathon record. It provided the setting for Ethiopian runner Haile Gebrselassie to stamp his mark on the marathon when he set the current world record of 2:04:26 in 2007. This autumn race takes place in September every year so if you need a goal
don't quite go to plan," says Gratton. You can also have several goals within one race, especially if it's a longer race and you need to stay focused. "In a marathon, have target times for the first 10K, half-marathon and 20 miles," says Whyte. "The
I'd finish but after two days I've revised my thinking: my goal is now simply to finish. Six people dropped out on the first day. I don't want my name added to that list.Tomorrow we face another 38K, with 12K of sand dunes. I'm hoping it
Leading the field: Paula RadcliffeThe Athens Olympic Marathon in 2004 was meant to be Paula Radcliffe's race. Since her marathon debut in London in 2002 the British world record holder had never been defeated over the distance. Certainly the Kenyans
in 3:30, for example, at a rate of 180 steps a minute, during the entire race you will take 37,800 steps. Stronger leg muscles allow you to spend less time on the ground with each foot-strike and increase your stride length.A reduction of just 0.02 of a
of wheezing you’d associate with a 4- a-day habit – but that can’t be the only reason that Kenyan runners cleaned up at the recent London Marathon. Mary Keitany was first lady winning in 2:18:37, with four other Kenyan women making up the top five. In the men
bike so I had to resort to nutrition on the course and developed stomach problems - so my main goal is to finish. Top 10 would be a dream. Everyone will be so close though, and even top 20 would be great.TW: What will you eat and drink during the race
two or three intervals with five-minute recoveries), or do a continuous 25-minute tempo run at a pace that’s 12-15 seconds per mile slower than your usual 10K race pace. TaperIt’s tempting to think that extra time spent training in the last weeks
