nutrition, and good genes, most will agree that other major factors include mechanical good luck and a healthy dollop of sheer bloody-mindedness.
,000kcal (about 4.5kg) worth of food and drink mix; however, all but the smallest runners will need much more than that, says Ron Maughan, a sports nutrition professor at Loughborough University. For example, a 10st 10lbs racer requires 2,860kcal during a
couldn’t do it so I had the all-clear.All that remained for me to do was train, get kit together, perfect my nutrition strategy, find footwear and gaiters that worked, fill out all the relevant paperwork, book my annual leave, enjoy Christmas and ask
half IM distance, the event was longer than most of the forum contingent had attempted to date.The previous months of frenzied training had not been without its casualties. A week before the race the list of injuries had grown amongst the forumite
Sarah Connors.Race-day nutrition and hydration vodcasts from nutritionist Ruth McKean.Coach Steve Smythe talks the importance of the taper in a vodcast.Your final countdownOur resident blogger physiotherapist Scott Mitchell gives his advice for the final
round the course in your target time. From a 7-minute to an 11-minute mile we take care of the pace so you don't have to. The pacing service is completely free. All you need to do is make sure you are registered for the event and have a race
me moderation in nutrition, Sarah fixed my ITB with a single exercise, the Runner's World and ASICS team provided laughs and encouragement, and the forum members were (and continue to be) supportive, interested and content to indulge my waxing lyrical
for this testing trail race set in Wiltshire's green Pewsey Vale. And given previous reader race ratings - where comments about mouth-watering sponges appear almost as frequently as mentions of the gutsy, gritty course - it's clear this event has perfectly tapped
. Coach Bud Baldaro provided race-ready advice, and offered a training check for your target pace while ASICS PRO Team members Ruth McKean and Sarah Connors covered half-marathon nutrition and injury-prevention. And check out how our five half
also did the old IM trick of filling my hat with ice cubes. There were a few wobbles, but nutrition stayed OK for most of the run.Richard M knuckles down during his marathonAfter the first turnaround I saw Serpie George lying on the floor vomiting. I
