national marathon coach, he now works as a mentor for England Athletics.Bud joined us to mark the start of our Half-Marathon Newsletter, powered by ASICS. Our weekly half-marathon newsletter provides schedules and training advice to get you race ready

taper guide (non-subscriber preview) for advice on adapting your schedule, tweaking your diet and boosting your mental strength before the race.ASICS Half-Marathon Training This year's half-marathon and live web chats were kindly supported by ASICS

Entering a half-marathon can lull you in to a false sense of security. It's half the distance of the full 26.2 miles, so surely you'll only do half the training and half the taper, right? But as experienced runners know, there's not too much

understand their goals and have them written down for review in the future," Darren explains. "Effective goal setting helps us deliver an effective training schedule in the weeks, months and year ahead and helps athletes understand the hows and whys