before a 10K, half-marathon, or marathon. The pace in these longer races will seem slow and easy by comparison.Goal: 5K for fun and fitnessHow often: Sixteen to 20 times per year.Why: If you hate speedwork, run a 5K every other week or so. It will help
suggested weekly totals by event for elites versus the rest of us: Race Distance Runner Miles/Week 5K Elite 70-80 Mortal 20-25 10K Elite 80-100 Mortal 25-30 Half-Marathon Elite 100-140
to take part in an 18-week marathon-training programme. Although the participants were reasonably fit at the start of the study, none of them had completed a marathon. In fact, most werent even running 10 miles a week before beginning the programme
race in Brussels in August 2007, which means they have to run well at the Flora London Marathon at the end of the month.And then there are other runners like Eric, who rolls out of bed on Monday and decides he's going to race a 5K on Sunday after
Long run Do a five-mile warm-up, the 6.2-mile race at marathon pace and finish with four slow miles, for 15 in totalWeek 2Run your usual mileage with a moderate interval workout midweek (1 mile-1200m-800m-400m step-down) and do a two-day taper
of Medical Science for Sport and Exercise showed that speed at lactate threshold is the best physiological predictor of distance-running performance. Indeed, Frank Shorter, the 1972 Olympic marathon champion was said to have had a modestly high VO2max
