responded to a request placed by us on the forums earlier this year. We wanted beginner runners who were willing to take on a massive challenge – to get from virtually nothing to 26.2 miles in time for the 2004 Flora London Marathon.Over the coming months

that triathlon revolutionised her running. "I knew I could run faster and stronger but every time I concentrated on training for a marathon, I became injured," she says. "Triathlon training helped me to become a stronger runner and train injury-free." After

give up.The way to improve your lactate threshold is to train at your LT pace (see column three of the table, below). These LT paces are calculated at 85 per cent of your VO2max, or just a little bit faster than your marathon pace.Your weekly schedule

told that the marathon was not going to happen.But we were runners. We’d faced adversity many times before in training and competition. We’d stared defeat in the face and refused to give in. We knew how to adjust our definitions of success. We wouldn

Welcome to Adobe GoLive 5Six months ago, Philippa Braidwood, Kerry Neale and Phil Wilson were complete beginners. On April 18, all three successfully completed the Flora London Marathon. We caught up with them, and their coach Keith Anderson

- 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

Anderson, she has made incredible progress – the figures speak for themselves. She has lost four stone (56lb) and is running for up to two and three quarter hours. In January, she joined Anderson at the Trailplus marathon training camp in the Forest of Dean

-sense approach to conditioning. It can help you to train more (for better marathon preparation and calorie-burning); it can help you to train healthier (who needs injuries and burnout?); and it can even help you to get faster (through interval training

dynamics often helps keep you motivated, while making training varied and enjoyable.   Dewi Winkle With four Ironmen, three London-to-Paris cycle rides and a selection of marathons under his belt, Dewi Winkle is a top motivational trainer, a qualified

In the December issue of RUNNER’S WORLD, we introduced you to three intrepid volunteers willing to let us train them up from being absolute beginners to running the Flora London Marathon in April. You’ll be pleased to know that, after six weeks