Half a century ago, American marathoner Buddy Edelen snuck out for a 40-minute run on his rest day. Edelen was the first man to break 2:15 for 26.2 miles, yet he suffered the same crisis of confidence about taking days off that plague most competitive runners...Subscribers can vi...

or injury forces them to stop – then repeating the cycle.Experienced athletes deliberately plan their recovery. By taking a rest before it’s necessary, they end up accumulating more training overall. Since fatigue accumulates on different time scales – a

-education process takes about 12 weeks. You need those three months to train your brain to make a habit of eating well: getting used to reading labels at the supermarket, learning how to plan your meals and shop accordingly, and figuring out how to add more fruit

seconds 78. Josh will be rewarded with entry to the Ikano Robin Hood Half Marathon, the 2013 race number, a £50 Sweatshop voucher, a pair of New Balance 1080 V2 running shoes, a Full Potential Training plan and a personalised gait analysis through

time or a good run I publish it on Facebook and take the opportunity to remind people of the money I am raising for Scope."To anyone who wants to get into triathlons, I would say push yourself and sign up for one. Follow a specific training plan

of the culprit tissues as well as any predisposing factors to your problem. The overall clinical picture will help formulate a treatment plan and based on this soft tissue techniques will be used to achieve the desired goal.It is important to keep several things

, angle your shoe like you’re trying to scrape gum off it, says Lerwill. This increases the ‘power phase’ of each revolution.Click here for our definitive eight-week training plans.