fat and training to achieve faster times do not always go hand in hand. As a rough rule of thumb, a 10-stone runner burns 100kcal per mile. However, during low-intensity training, your body uses a high percentage of fat, and less glycogen

Nigel's Profile | Nigel's Training Schedule | View Nigel's Training Thread An Example Training WeekDay 1 5.30pm 80-minute easy run (approx 10 miles) and 60 minutes of karate Day 2 5.30pm Two-hour run (approx 10 miles easy and three to four

if running 10 miles or further but ideally he should drink fluid if training for longer than 30 minutes. For sessions lasting longer than 60 minutes, Rob would benefit from a sports drink providing carbohydrate and sodium.RecoveryRob usually eats a meal after

star chef of the year award. "I didn't want to be the fat dad who couldn't play with his son in the park."Predictably, it was hard. "I'd run half a mile and be ready to drop," he says. "But each week I'd tack on an extra block." As he lost weight he

the 30-60g/carbohydrate per hour guidelines.Q. My marathon training includes two eight-mile runs to work each week. I do these without having any food or water first. Is there an advantage in running these shorter runs in a fasted state, to prepare

, zinc and vitamin C. Cook: Don't let food poisoning spoil your next session – before you start cooking, check all the mussels are closed, and give any that are open a sharp tap with a knife. If they fail to close, or float to the top when you

training sessions you do. Training with products also improves your tolerance and familiarity - you can train yourself to tolerate more carbohydrate by using it in practice. Q. When I do a long, slow run on a seven-mile circular route, I hide a bottle

restaurants and on TV. A few nights a week he runs the 10 miles home from his London restaurant – complete with a weighted backpack. His approach appears to work: in the 10 years he’s been running, he has run the Flora London Marathon eight times (3:30:16 PB

. Not only will eating local food boost your green credentials by reducing food miles, it could even save you money too.Summer is officially here, and with it comes a feast of delicious British produce that’s been soaking up the sunshine. There’s a rainbow

ultra-marathon runner who completed the 54-mile Comrades Marathon seven times. At the time, he wrote three articles encouraging runners to drink more. Then a strange thing happened in the early 1980s. He started to receive calls from athletes and A