body temperature drops and your body prepares for sleep. This is why sleep specialists recommend no vigorous exercise in the evening. (Hint, hint.) Milk and bananas provide a good source of the amino acid tryptophan, which is converted into melatonin

-increasing knackeredness. Soon, merely putting on my shoes was enough to exhaust me. I weighed myself. I was the heaviest I’d ever been. I embarked upon a virtually fat-free diet: tuna and baked potatoes, obscure leaves and roots, soya, pale, thin milk like blood

, swimming, and weight lifting are great most of the year, as part of low-key training months when your main goals are general fitness and injury prevention, but the heavy training month before a big race needs to be a month of living a little dangerously

good regular protein and carbs for fuel. – PhilPubTake some Love Hearts on your training run. You'll wonder how you ever got on without them. – pugheaven Kendal Mint Cake. Zero fat and essential on the long runs. – emmilou Moo Milk Toffee Banoffee

to get past everyone until they are the leader. They then dictate the pace until the next back marker passes them. This breaks up the boredom of long runs and is good speed training, too." "I'm too tired"Down some milkLacking the energy to get up and go

. 15-25 minutesPut on warm clothes. After a race, your core temperature will drop. The colder you are, the harder it is for blood flow to get to the heart. 25-30 minutesRefuel. Can’t eat? Try chocolate milk. It has a replenishing combo of protein

sessions I was finding it much harder to keep hitting my time,” Lee says. “But because I am a natural competitor – I chase trains, dogs, milk floats – I’m still hoping I’ll pick it back up and hit my goal [a 2:45 finish to qualify for the Virgin London

nose and generally getting on my nerves.Muttley The beanie people tend to spend more time on the weights in my gym. As long as they don't wear them in the pool I don't really care! Lwi Join the thread No thanks...Baby blues I had my first baby