speed over the distances you like to race. You will also increase your anaerobic, or lactate, threshold, which will allow you to hold your new found faster pace for longer.—Steve Smythe, RW Race Services Editor, coach and a runner for 30 years

-10 repetitions at their race pace, while top 10,000m and marathon runners will run up to 25 with a much shorter recovery.Below, we list suggested speeds for your efforts according to your best 10K time of the last 12 months, with the equivalent 400m time

marathon champion Steve Moneghetti, who can claim to be the world&146;s most consistent marathoner (from 1986, when he won a Commonwealth bronze, until 2000, when he was 10th in the Olympics), has a stock session of 8 x 400m with a 200m fast float. Break

then should you try adding extra runs on other days – and never double up on more than four days a week. And remember, back off if your pace drops or you start to feel unduly tired or sore.—Steve Smythe, RW Race Services Editor, runner for 30 years

UAN: 173 Article type:--What’s the most important session of the week? If you’re a marathoner, it’s your long run. For anyone looking to improve at any lesser distance, though, it’s the speed session that yields the greatest results – and even