immediately after the marathon. Expect not to be able to run for a while, and have something very enjoyable planned for the weeks afterwards. I am fine now and have taken up a few other interests and am just starting to run and enjoy it again. – Sticky Whippet

– but try not to do too much walking, as it's far too easy to get into this rut and not feel like running again. Hope this helps. – Shazza BazzaGet a run-walk strategy sussed, unless you're planning to race it and be up there with the top few. It's something

much it would cost roughly and how much time it takes to train for a tri. Are there training plans specifically for triathlons?" – shin twigsYour best answersJust do itI did my first novice triathlon three years ago at Stratford, on my 20-year-old racer

about 30 mins to my planned time, thanks to a couple of vomit stops. It was really unpleasant, so is best avoided. Moderate and you will be fine. For my last marathon I had my sensible head on and stopped at two pints the night before the race

It's a common enough problem: you resolve to follow your run with some strength exercises or flexibility training, but you're too worn out after running..."I am about to re-embark on a weight-loss running plan. I keep reading that cross

, but last by several metres, still plodding desperately while everyone else enjoyed congratulatory hugs and back-slaps.A couple of decades later my morning run is the highlight of my day, and I'm looking planning to my next marathon with relish. Those who

the string... – MeldyStarted with a pedometer – rubbish – then used map24.com, now use a Garmin. – Plodding HippoI use Accuroute software to plan routes, but also to measure wherever I've just been on those "gone for a wander" type runs. You can measure over

energising about a mix of bright sunshine and military oompah bands.Sunshine, shuffles and hillsThe band, bless it, destroyed my best-laid plans to sing my way around the course. (I sing my way around my east London gulag every morning. It's all that keeps me

on the trot, some hard, some easy, then do a day at the gym. Sometimes when at the gym I blast my upper body and give my lower body a complete rest, which it doesn't half need. – Little LizardPlans some peaks and troughsYou can avoid this problem in future

help?"If you do take the ballot plunge and end up disappointed, Max has a cunning plan that you may wish to remember for next year. "I think it's overrated," she says. "And it smells. Nobody else apply for a ballot place. (That's it Max... they may fall