in private practice dealing with everyone from elite level runners to the "I've-just-bought-my-first-pair-of-trainers" runners. Matt is a running fan too, and says he can still push 1.40 (ish!) for a half marathon.Start posing your questions to Matt now over
for runners – marathoner Phil, pictured, runs a 4K route from here to Oxwich Bay in the background. ‘I am so lucky to have this beautiful place to train in,’ she says.Send in Your Photos: If you run in an amazing setting, why not send in a pic? Email your
: buoyancy-helping wetsuits are banned in the 2.4 mile swim in the bay of Kailua-Kona, strong cross winds are common in the 112-mile bike ride across the Hawaiian lava desert, and the marathon leg along the coast is a run in often sweltering temperatures
took this to the desert (on my recent Marathon des Sables challenge) to give it a real going over. Aside from the weight, it faired impeccably. I felt confident throwing it in the bag during the runs and when it came down to the snaps it was both easy
of the fastest 100 marathon runners in 2011]. There, I do nothing but train. I sleep in a basic room, wake, run, have breakfast, sleep, go to the gym, eat, sleep, run in the evening, eat, go to bed. There are no cafes, no TVs. It’s not easy leaving your family
Bikram Yoga in London (hotbikramyoga.co.uk). “Your spine takes a battering both from sitting for long periods at your desk (it gets compressed from all the inactivity), and also from the pounding it takes when you run. The average marathon runner loses 1
Mark Kleanthous is a founder member of the British Triathlon Association and member of the Great Britain triathlon team. Over the past 30 years, Mark has completed 71 marathons in under three hours and finished more than 420 triathlons, including 31
were 15, it’s going to take more than a couple of months to build up to your first marathon.Amateur runners often do the same thing over again and hope to get better at it. Elite runners do long runs, shorts runs, hills, fartlek, track runs, and add all
race.Distance goals are those where the distance is the goal rather than a specific time, such as running a marathon. These are often seen with beginners or those moving up to a new distance.Challenge goals can be quite broad and can feature specific
