Where Newcastle-upon-Tyne When September 18, 2011 First Man Martin Mathathi 58:56 First Woman Lucy Kabuu 1:07:06 Last Finisher 4:26:18 No. of Finishers 37482It was a chilly start to the 31st Bupa Great North run and with a forecast for a light drizzle later on, the conditions loo...
Marathon. As you can see from my Garmin stats, the distance is slightly less than 5K. So, as yet, I can't officially boast about running sub 20-minutes.I ran this time at the peak of my physical fitness. It was two weeks before the London Marathon, after
a few years ago, I found that I had two strong suits. Firstly, at a slow pace I can comfortably cover very long distances. I've done three marathons, but finished them all over 4 hours. Secondly, over very short distances (400m or less) I'm a
put it down to bad luck and poor company. But either way, while training for a race I'm almost always scuppered with a cold at some point. In fact, in the last three marathons I've run, I've picked up something in the weeks leading to the race.Two tips
to break a sub 4-hour marathon in the past. So to improve on this, any training (hill, tempo or interval session) should be done at above this heart rate.The whole appointment was broken down into a lengthy report, and because I'd explained what I
