on my mobile... I still felt good and was overtaking lots of people as I progressed. By mile six I began to feel a little tired, but still had plenty of energy and so pushed on.By mile eight I had gone. My legs felt like lead, my head felt light and so

build the endurance and maintain it out of season then use progressive speedwork to come to a peak. The athletes I have coached have made their first big improvement when they have moved on to seven-days-a-week training; the second big improvement comes

at ever decreasing intervals as marathon training progresses (every 8-9 minutes now, whereas it was every 12-13 minutes before I increased my training).Is this likely to be a function of a higher metabolic rate (due to greater training volume), my having

stroke rate rose by six per minute and I really made some progress. I couldn’t believe that I kept it up for 30 minutes.At 12 hours I refused a feed, convinced that I had less than half an hour to go and not wanting to waste precious seconds. Twenty

improve it dramatically over the next few years. last place Hope you can take some inspiration from my progression, since I started at a similar pace – but at the age of 34. In three years, I’ve gone from 40:15 to my current PB of 33:25. You can look

. With the other finalists including the USA, Jamaica and dark horses Brazil, Poland and the home nation (who raised an ecstatic cheer when they qualified in their semi), we're all set for a classic. A quick British progress report with two days of competition

this year which is a shame. Here's a list of Pirates - I've done a spreadsheet to download their progress so I'll be providing regular updates (on those who've made their number public) for as long as it lasts. – Iron JDGood luck all you pirates - remember