in the marathon, the build-up is a little bizarre – thousands of people sitting and standing around, all with one singular target, one goal, one mission... to go to the toilet before the race starts.”If you’ve qualified as Good For Age, you’ll really appreciate

’t recommend going beyond a 10K, and even then we’d suggest you do a 5K as a practice race first. We’d probably suggest you run for 6-12 weeks before you think about a 5K; two to four months before a 10K, and four to six months before a half-marathon. We

time every quarter-mile. In the race, if your first mile is too fast, try to run the second mile at level pace.Tulloh: No one approves of fast starts – except the Kenyans! 10K may be arelatively short distance after running a marathon, but it is much

, others using it just to stretch out their legs in company, and still others making it the focus of their whole season. It’s not just the race that’s versatile either: 10K training fits in with more other running goals than any other distance