and 1999, New York City Marathon finish times for top runners aged 50 and over improved more rapidly than did times for younger athletes. In the same vein, a 2008 Austrian study found no significant difference between the finish times of the top five racers

," says Andrew Kastor, coach of the ING New York City Marathon online training programme.5. Warm-up properlyTreat yourself like a runner - from day one. That means taking time to properly warm up and cool down. "A good warm-up makes it much easier

of last year. At the finish I vowed ‘never again’ but New York sounds great fun and my charity, the Myasthenia Gravis Association have just informed me that they have reserved a place for me for the 2006 FLM. Perhaps their enthusiasm has something

into the ground 1,814kg of force with each and every step. And the design has stood the test of time. While studying prehistoric knees at the American Museum of Natural History in New York, Dye discovered analogues to our knee bones in the pelvic fin of a fish 390

Everyone knows about the big, must-do US marathons: New York, Chicago, Los Angeles, Boston. If you haven't run them already, you've probably got them on your life list. And for good reason. They're the glamour races, with as many as 40,000 runners

I was forced out with a knee injury. 'No worries,' I thought, 'I'll do New York instead.' Again I had to withdraw - the physio had failed to diagnose periostial tugging, and my left shin was "one middle distance run from breaking".So my early winter

too easy to get hooked on. I think I'll watch for an hour - yeah right! Midnight here we come. – Big DavidJoin the thread... And What's Not?'PACKING PARANOIA' FOR THE NEW YORK MARATHONMy notes from the charity said to take your running gear in your

. Tommygun2 I had no running experience whatsoever before my first marathon! I trained from scratch over five months to finish the New York Marathon in a very slow six hours.  It was meant to be a "once only" challenge but I got the bug and never looked back

new runner but an injury has resulted in a layoff of 4-6 weeks. I’m having withdrawal symptoms and I’m so grumpy! How do you cope with being out? Shedboy The key thing is to identify why and how you got injured, and take the necessary mental

the steep downhill, just after the Lucozade station please! Thank you! See you all next year?"Click here for one RW staffer's own report of the Windsor Half Marathon. Her thighs are still recovering.The New Forest Half Marathon gave Windsor a run for its