When Grete Waitz stood on the starting line of the 1982 Boston Marathon, she had good reason to be confident. After all, she had already entered and won three New York City Marathons, running each of them faster than the previous one. She
, as you will need time to recover.The beauty of the sessions is that they can form the basis of everything from 5K training to (with a little tweaking of the long run) a full marathon build-up. Theyll also keep you ticking over without getting stale
-loss plans will automatically boost your fitness level. Plan Three will get you so fit that you may as well run a marathon. Remember that the fitter you are, the more calories you burn all day long, which leads to bigger calorie deficits and even more
Warm upOur five runners take to the streets of a very snowy Birmingham University to warm up ahead of their training session, designed by our coaches as a progress check.
Goal: sub-3:15 Mentor: Liz Yelling bSport Scientist: Emma Kingzett Forum nickname: Matchstick Man Age: 36 Running for: 4 years No. of marathons: 3
Goal: sub-5:00 Mentor: Steve Smythe Sport Scientist: Emma Kingzett Forum nickname: The Evil Pixie Age: 36 Running for: 7 years No. of marathons: 3
Goal: sub-3:00 Mentor: Paul Evans Sport Scientist: Gareth Turner Forum nickname: just back from a run Age: 30 Running for: 22 years No. of marathons: 2
Goal: sub-4:00 Mentor: Steve Smythe Sport scientist: Gareth Turner Forum nickname: AndyV Age: 34 Running for: 1 year No. of marathons: 0
Goal: sub-4:30 Mentor: Liz Yelling Sport Scientist: Emma Kingzett Forum nickname: Hashette Age: 46 Running for: 10 years No. of marathons: 2
Goal: To finish (hopefully sub-5:30) Mentor: Paul Evans Mentor: Gareth Turner Forum nickname: spinkletoes Age: 37 Running for: 8 years on and off No. of marathons
