« Three weeks to goThe hard work is now behind you. You’ve finished the final long run and you should be easing back on the intensity of the mid-week runs. Rest truly replaces training as the most important element of your preparations, and race
to big meals or desserts, thinking the extra calories they've burned justify it," says Dr Laura Kruskall, a sports nutrition specialist at the University of Nevada, US. "Unless you do a long run, it doesn't." Despite evidence of carb intake boosting
UAN:194 Article type:Every year, thousands of people make a resolution to start running. Maybe you’re one of them. Maybe that’s how you got started 10 years ago. But if you’re already a runner, what will you resolve to do for the year ahead
Every good marathon-training plan should ‘taper’ during the final two or three weeks. That means you run less and rest more. For some people, the idea of backing off on their training just before the big race seems counter-intuitive. "So many
If you're running a marathon this spring, you're about to enter the most critical – and difficult – four weeks of training, when 1) your weekly mileage is at its peak; 2) your motivation may be flagging; and 3) you're most likely to get sidelined
« Two weeks to goDuring the last week of your taper, things can get ugly. Two weeks ago, you ran 20 miles in a single run, but now you shouldn’t even be totalling that distance in the whole week before the race. And as your mileage plummets, your
-depleted state. Ever since carbohydrate-loading caught on decades ago, carbs have been the focus of nutrition advice for marathon runners. You can burn 2,300 calories on a 20-mile run, and the carb is the most readily converted fuel source, so it makes perfect
