GETTY IMAGES The possibility of shaving a few seconds off a personal best, or running further than we ever thought we could, can lead us towards ever more inventive ways to train. But what
nutritious foods, including nuts, berries, green vegetables and lean-protein foods. "These types of foods should form the cornerstone of a runner's diet," says RW nutrition editor Anita Bean. "They provide all the vitamins and antioxidants you need to combat
bike so I had to resort to nutrition on the course and developed stomach problems - so my main goal is to finish. Top 10 would be a dream. Everyone will be so close though, and even top 20 would be great.TW: What will you eat and drink during the race
Your feet take 18,000 steps every day on average. When you run you'll add to that figure, as well as the amount of perspiration produced by the 250,000 sweat glands on each foot. With stresses like that it's no wonder your feet complain from time
with a sneaky hill up Palani Road. These guys might ride super-light aerodynamic carbon bikes, but most of them were loaded with litres of water and nutrition, forcing people out of the saddle as they powered uphill.It wasn't long before the USA's Chris
ironmate.co.uk, coaches triathletes, runs a triathlon training camp at Tri-Topia in France, marshals at Big Cow races, and is writing a book about triathlon. He somehow fits all this activity around his unofficial role as the UK’s most prolific triathlete
on to the water within our body. Every day we lose fluid by sweating, breathing and urinating. It's the sweating in particular that runners need to pay attention to because as soon as you start to run, you start to dehydrate. About 75 per cent of the energy you
burns about 100 per cent more calories than usual when it's trying to repair an injury. "It's important that you feed your body what it needs to mend," says Dr Liz Applegate, author of Nutrition Basics for Better Performance. She recommends boosting
