The chef: Author of How to Cook Without a Book (£15, Broadway Books) Pam Anderson’s marathon medal collection is in double figures. ‘I like to run two big races a year because it keeps me training constantly,’ she says (threemanycooks
, speed decreases, stride length shortens, recovery takes longer and injuries increase. For my first 30 years of marathoning, I stayed fairly healthy despite sometimes doing crazy things like running a pair of sub-3:00 marathons in a week, twice
by the International Marathon Medical Directors Association and Dr Tim Noakes, author of Waterlogged: The Serious Problem of Overhydration in Endurance Sports (£16.99, Human Kinetics). ‘Your thirst mechanism is exquisitely tuned to your body,’ says Noakes. ‘If you
your all into a 10K, 10 miler or half marathon and get a realistic gauge of how you have progressed. I recommend tapering for a few days before your assessment race so you go into it fresh. Use online predictor tools to see what your result says about
Running coach Steve Smythe joined us recently for a live webchat on the RW forum to discuss marathon training - with particular focus on what you should be doing in January to make sure you're marathon fit for the spring.Steve is the author of our
