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RW's Flora London Marathon Mile-by-mile Guide
By Gemma Robinson on 09/04/2007 11:58:00
Running the Flora London Marathon? Plan your race with our Mile-by-mile guide to the world's best 26.2
Ready, steady... go!Mile 1 There are three different starts at the FLM and, unless you’re on the Green Start, expect it to be crowded. Very crowded. That’s no bad thing, though. Many a marathon has been ruined in the opening stages by an overenthusiastic start, but if you’re at...
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Best Lunchtime Sessions
By on 19/11/2009 10:05:13
Can you turn your one-hour lunch break into an effective training session? The answer is yes, but it requires a little planning
1. If it’s tough enough for the pros, it’s good enough for you“Spring is the time of year when the first races are not too far off and we need to control our pace, as well as know what paces we can perform at. Both sessions here address these points – the difficult one is swimmin...
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Hard Training Q&As: Training General
By Runner's World on 23/06/2004 16:56:16
From the forum: former London Marathon winner Mike Gratton on dedicated training
and around six halfs and had little time resting. After my last marathon in early November I was up to 47/48 miles the week after.Mike Gratton I think you should always plan an easier week every third week or so regardless of your training load. It's during
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Setting Goals for Next Season
By on 18/11/2009 12:32:49
Now that the days are becoming shorter and colder you should be making plans for next season. How well you perform in 2010 will depend on the daily, midway and long-term goals you set yourself now
into three time phases - daily goals, midway goals and target goals.Daily goals provide a focus for your daily training sessions and will, like the other goals, depend on your level of fitness and what your plans are for the coming season. Midway goals
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Channel-Hopping - The Forum Way...
By Gareth Davies on 06/05/2003 18:03:02
It started as a forum plan last August - the next thing you know, eight forumites set out to run the Paris Marathon, the London Marathon, and the 400km in between...
in the other. Mickael, Arrie (foreground) - Day 6 - first day in EnglandThe carefully planned route for the following four days winded its way from Paris through the French countryside, through open fields and densely wooded forests. Unfortunately, along
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The Perfect 10K
By Sean Fishpool and Bud Baldaro on 30/07/2002 12:14:04
Your best-possible 10K - from a four-day emergency plan to an eight-week-plus schedule, with all your questions answered
No surprise that the 10K is by far the country’s most popular type of race. To say it’s a versatile distance is an under-statement. Take a cross-section of any 10K field and you’ll find some people tackling it as their first run beyond five miles, others using it just to stretch ...
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Set Realistic Goals And Achieve Them
By Ben Hewitt on 02/01/2007 08:57:17
Improve your sprint finish, injury-proof your body, better your pace... let us help you set realistic goals and show you how to achieve them
injuries," says Fitzgerald. "However, the real problem is how impact can affect joint stability. If you can strengthen and stabilise these areas, impact becomes less of a problem."The Plan Do this combination of four exercises two or three times per week
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Q+A: My second marathon: overweight and slow
By Bruce Tulloh on 09/09/2000 10:02:10
Our experts answer real-life questions
Q Im a 33-year-old female, and after being collected by the slow police after 19 miles in last years Berlin Marathon, Im desperate to get my time down in this autumns race. I guess I should do speedwork but I dont know what my targets should be. My other problems: Im ove...
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New Year, New You: Setting Goals
By Alice Palmer on 01/01/2010 16:00:57
If you find yourself picking - and then failing to achieve - the same goals year after year, it's time to master the art of effective goal-setting
and freshly motivated with every step you make towards your end goal.Setting realistic time targets also helps. If you fancy losing a stone "one day", you'll find it easy to keep making excuses. Instead, start a weight-loss plan now with the aim of dropping
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After Your Marathon: Ready For Anything!
By Bruce Tulloh on 26/04/2005 10:20:13
Now your marathon is out of the way, you might be ready to burn your shorts and bury your shoes. Don't! Now is the perfect time to build on what you've done
For three months, you've been training for that single day. Now it's over. You've completed the marathon and achieved your goal. What now? The most likely response is 'nothing', and it's a perfectly reasonable one. After all, three or four months of hard work is enough, and now y...
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