at an early age. Everyone I know who was pushed too much at an early age became despondent and overly worried about their placing in races. They either dropped out in their teens or became injured through overtraining injuries. Don't overdo the milage either

calories you’ll burn. Walking and running each burn around 100 calories per mile, but you can cover more miles in the same time by running rather than walking. Don’t overtrain Running too many miles increases your injury risk. If you’re injured, you can

than you burnThere are two types of runners in this category: the under-eating over-training runner who loses weight unintentionally; and the runner who uses running to lose weight. Consistently failing to match calories burned with those consumed

for certain runs, the best substitution days are your RE training days. Because of the law of specificity of training, you can’t expect a hard bike ride to have the same beneficial effects as a VO2max pace session.Overtraining Any time you experience extreme

be training sessions in your mind, but they’re races to your body That’s a lethal mix that can easily lead to overtraining, injury or illness. “Running long runs fast causes more problems than any other training mistake,” says Galloway. Marian Sutton, winner

to select a conservative time goal to guarantee that they finish. If you can’t hold a conversation during the closing miles of your long run, the pace was probably too fast.Experienced marathoners who do long runs at race pace risk both injuries and over-training

focus and concentration, as well as speed endurance.Plan Three – Run long and slowMeghan Arbogast was already a successful marathoner five years ago, with a 2:58 to her credit. But, as she admits, there was a problem. “I was overtraining and killing

it normally takes 30 seconds to get your heart rate back to, say 120 or 100 yet one day it takes much longer, say a minute or 90 seconds, this is often a warning sign that you've been overtraining or are about to come down with an illness. Whatever the cause

not have these overtraining injuries. I would also hang onto a water bottle so that if the water stations ran out of water I would have some with me. Also... don't bother with text messaging on the day - my friends sent me loads and I got them

bilateral and catch up drills. CYCLE-RUN BRICKS: Warm up: cycle 10 minutes and run 5 minutes. Main: 4 x [8mins bike + 4 minutes run]. Cool down: 5 minutes easy jog. Choice Day: but keep it fun and aim to feel strong, not over-trained, at the end