If you’re like most runners, you spend the final days before your marathon feasting on high-carbohydrate foods. But a good nutrition plan doesn’t end with that last plate of pasta the night before your race. Your pre-race breakfast is just

British Triathlete Chris Bartlett was presented with an unusual prize upon winning ‘I Carrera Ciclista del Cochinillo’ in southern Spain: a live piglet.We’ve heard of unusual prizes, but this pre-Christmas award tips the wacky scales. The Ipswich

did just one run. So you have a much more sustained pressure on adaptation.Also, by running doubles, especially after a hard workout, you’re training in a pre-fatigued state. Doing so allows you to access different muscle fibres that you might

urine pre-run is an easy way to see if you’re hydrated,’ says Dr Lewis Maharam, former medical director  of the Rock ’n’ Roll race series. ‘If it’s the colour of iced tea, you need to drink more. If it’s a pale lemonade or straw colour, you’re nicely

for pre-registration details. Popular events open registration – and sell out – months before race day.Get in the moneyYou can’t let a £100 pair of running shoes gather dust. Laying out cash for a new running jacket, compression socks or that sweet GPS

the race? – SuzA2) The best way to decide is to see how your body is responding to all the training. As the massage therapist will have seen you before, you can ask how much tighter you feel than last time. If you’re much tighter and generally more sore