and the Girls from Eims all of whom kept my pace up for a good stretch of the race. Looking forward to next time ?!?!?!?!?!?Supe, 4:31My first marathon, and a fantastic one to start with.Training was going really well until 7th March when I got a knee injury
, in normal conditions.) Energy drinks can meet both your fuel and fluid needs, but if you have access to water on your run (eg race drinks stations, or park water fountains), gels are more practical. Essentially, they’re concentrated drinks of about 100
When it comes to preparing for a race, finding a training schedule is likely to be top of your to-do list. But what if your lifestyle just isn’t suited to following a pattern of prescribed sessions?That's the challenge facing this week's questioner
skeletal anorexic, nor did I purge my meals at the u-bend. I was simply a dedicated runner with what I considered serious willpower. Didn’t a marathon demand Spartan discipline?When I posted my registration, I was 39 years old with a daddy belly and a
before.Catch up with the webchat (below) and follow our Yoga for Runners blog series.Read the whole forum debate.Q. How useful is Bikram for preparing the body acclimatise to races in hotter conditions? Jimmy FA. Bikram yoga is incredibly useful
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this... a huge thank you for letting me walk into your very posh hotel to use your toilets after the race. You saved me from an uncomfortable journey home.Finally a big thank you to Runner's World for posting the training guide onto the internet
-littered trails. "On longer, hard runs, aim for a pace that's about 80 per cent of your race pace. When it comes to the speedier sessions – such as mile reps or intervals – aim for 110 per cent," says Frapwell. "As long as you're hitting faster than race pace, you
training consisted of two runs (the "long one" being about 10 miles) and two swims per week.I somehow managed to get round, though the last four miles were grim. Support from the crowd overcame the pain from my legs. I'm very stiff post-race
on the winner was one – but every now and again a good result in a cross-country relay or 10-mile road race would indicate all was okay. By March, results will start to come – in January 1983 I ran 48:32 for 10 miles on a flat course; by March I posted 47
