course; Friday – rest; Saturday – speed session as above.When you come to the marathon training, follow the RUNNER’S WORLD Get-You-Round programme, with the emphasis on a long run every weekend.—Bruce Tulloh, RW Coaching Editor

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...

, or it can be a couple of long weekends at home, if planned properly.I write this during my fourth training camp of the year, 7000ft up in the Pyrenees at Font Romeu. This is high level training in every sense of the world, as most of the group are preparing

be regarded as normal. For those who have to work and run, a good rule of thumb is, “One day off a week, one weekend off a month, and one month off a year”. If you have a planned training period of 8-10 weeks leading up to a big race, you can then carry

in the year and plan things around them. Don’t be afraid to have periods where you are either on a ‘minimum maintenance’ programme – three short runs a week – or a ‘no pressure’ programme, where you just run for so many minutes a day, four, five or six days a

Standfirst: Author: Bruce TullohPics:Issue date: nov98 /panelKeywords:--Target time: 70 minutes plus. Mileage: 30-35 per week (3 weekdays plus weekends)If you’re planning to be slower than 80 minutes, follow these schedules at your own pace.Week One

Standfirst: 10-mile race brings out all the attributes of the distance runner. Follow our training programme and you could be hitting your target time in eight weeksAuthor: Bruce TullohPics:Issue date: nov98Keywords:uan95--Because running a good 10

fit’ or ‘feeling better about yourself’. Write down specific goals, such as losing five pounds or entering a 10K, and chart a plan of progress towards it with short- and long-term targets. An reliable training partner is a good supplement to goal

. Peter Clark put in a burst and got a gap open. I went after him, and suddenly it was just the two of us. I was feeling the strain with 600 metres to go, when he said, “You go on, Bruce,” and waved me on. Like a scared rabbit, I ran the last lap in 60

with the individual. But it is not something to rush into without forethought. While a number of people take up running merely to meet the challenge of the marathon a better long term plan is to build slowly and integrate running into your lifestyle before taking