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and found I couldn’t handle any more than 10 minutes of cardiovascular exercise! Is this normal? A When you wrote, your marathon was still less than four weeks behind you. At this point it is quite normal to still be feeling the after-effects, especially

Long run Do a five-mile warm-up, the 6.2-mile race at marathon pace and finish with four slow miles, for 15 in totalWeek 2Run your usual mileage with a moderate interval workout midweek (1 mile-1200m-800m-400m step-down) and do a two-day taper

secs uphill 8M at brisk pace Rest or 3M, jogging only 10M – inc 4 x 1M, with 5-min recoveries 13-15M easy, or half-marathon raceWeek 13 6M, at whatever pace you like 7M of easy fartlek 10M steady, inc 8M pace run 7M, inc intervals: 10 x 400m at 10K

stretching and a few strides, then pick the session that corresponds with your weekend race.5KThis one is called a fast-finish mile. Run one mile with the first half at 10K race pace and the second half 16-20 seconds faster. Recover with six to eight minutes

miling (just under 3:30)9:00 miling (just under 4:00)10:00 miling (just under 4:30)11:00 miling (just under 5:00)'Get You Round' (jogging pace, with a one-minute walk break after every five minutes and aiming to finish around 5:15) Find out moreMeet Us

running and come back having missed training or 2) get over it and pick a 10K race somewhere with no time target and a no watch. Give it a couple of days and move on - you won't believe how quickly you forget bad races! – Pugheaven™ Any questions?Got a

Q I’m a 33-year-old female, and after being collected by the ‘slow police’ after 19 miles in last year’s Berlin Marathon, I’m desperate to get my time down in this autumn’s race. I guess I should do speedwork but I don’t know what my targets should

; 4-6 x 60m strides OR 4-6 x 10-sec hill sprints    Session 3: 5K or 10K raceWeek 7Session 1: 1-2 miles easy; 4-6 x 60m strides; 3-5 x 600m at CMP with 600m jog/walk; 1-2 miles easy    Session 2: 20-30 mins at tempo pace; 2-4 x 200m CMP with 200m jog

the schedule (week 12 Wed run from seven miles to six miles and long run 21 miles to 20 miles; week 13 long run 20 miles to 17.5 miles; week 14 long 18 miles to 12 miles; week 15 long run 12 miles to 10 miles) as I was feeling wiped out at that point.My long