on a shorter race distance for this spring and postpone your marathon goal for a year.Do you have people to train with?Your preparations will be easier if you can find a partner, or better still, a small group to go out with. The added motivation
schedule. You may not achieve the three hours, but the extra amount of training should enable you to improve on last years time. Bruce Tulloh, RW Coaching Editor
course; Friday rest; Saturday speed session as above.When you come to the marathon training, follow the RUNNERS WORLD Get-You-Round programme, with the emphasis on a long run every weekend.Bruce Tulloh, RW Coaching Editor
For three months, you've been training for that single day. Now it's over. You've completed the marathon and achieved your goal. What now? The most likely response is 'nothing', and it's a perfectly reasonable one. After all, three or four months
miles and half-marathons in the autumn. After that, you can start training for your second marathon.Bruce Tulloh, endurance coach and organiser of the Safari Marathon
plane. I recommend having some short-term goals, because theyre better for motivation than the non-specific one of just keeping fit. I suggest that for the five months after your first marathon you think of running for a total of two hours a week
Standfirst: Four experts tell you everything you need to know about running a 10KAuthor: Bruce Tulloh, Owen Anderson, Charlie Spedding, Harry WilsonPics:Issue date: racing secrets bookletKeywords:uan85-->In the RUNNERS WORLD editorial offices a