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If you're running a marathon this spring, you're about to enter the most critical – and difficult – four weeks of training, when 1) your weekly mileage is at its peak; 2) your motivation may be flagging; and 3) you're most likely to get sidelined

to put everything into one or two races a year and sometimes the most trivial things can derail you. I guess that’s part of the reason a good marathon is such an amazing achievement.   Q. What does your weekly training schedule consist of?A. During a

quickly when a new approach isn't working."—Benji Durden, 1980 Olympic marathoner13. Show some horse sense"During long, slow distance training, you should think of yourself as a thoroughbred disguised as a Shire horse. No need to give yourself away

dementia and why I was running the marathon. I opted for an Adele sound track to tug at the heart strings, then a homage to the training scene in the film Rocky to lighten the mood. Once I sent the link round to my video, sponsorship soared. People are very

If you've ever trained for a marathon, you probably expected to lose weight. And why not? Long runs that last two, three or four hours burn a serious number of calories. But many runners step on the scales just before race day and discover

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