to 200 metres. Your 200-metre time should be about 10 seconds more than your 100-metre time. Estimated Burn 340 calories BRAD HUDSON’S MILES AND HILLSBrad Hudson, a former 2:13 marathon runner and coach, likes to incorporate lots of short hill sprints

the marathon distance, for example, choose a specific race and then periodise your training to make sure you peak for that event."Periodisation involves dividing up your time into three sizes of cycle – macrocycle, mesocycle and microcycle. The entire period

With spring marathon training well underway, the cross-training question is heavy on our minds. Do we really have to do it – and if so, what kind and how much? Is it enough to trot up the escalator once a week, or, horrors, do we have to hit the gym

if there are any complications. Good luck! – Angie JacksonI ran during two pregnancies. If you've always been a runner, carry on. I ran three half-marathons when pregnant, finishing when I was six and a half months, as it got too uncomfortable. Just lower your

This week, a first-thing fuel conundrum..."I'm training for a marathon, and I struggle with my early morning runs. I simply don't have time to get up, eat, and wait two hours before I can run. Do you have any advice on food that can be eaten, say

- what advice would you offer him as he prepares for his first half-marathon?"I’m a fairly new runner (aged 37) and a busy job and young family prevents me from having a rigid training schedule. I tend to start each run very steadily then decide whether

life over the years, I wouldn’t have abused it during those early years. With running, I guess it just took me a while to understand it." Adam Bean, 41. Years running: 26Race short distances first "Like too many novice runners, I focused on the marathon

have to do it during the session, and this can have a major impact on your time. People say they want to conserve energy before a race, but I read somewhere that the body (liver) stores up to about 2,000 calories in glycogen. At marathon pace

, but when I take a day off my appetite drops and I feel sluggish. After four years of running I've done two marathons, 3:58 and 3:41, so surely I'm doing something right?" – Little LizardYour best answersIf you feel fine, you're getting enough restIt depends

, but there is nothing like running a short, fast race to boost your confidence and make you feel better about your running. If you are used to running halfs or marathons, even a 10K can do this for you, although something shorter like a mile race or 5K is the perfect