Butterflies in your stomach, waves of nausea and a dry, prickly mouth – sound depressingly familiar? Well, for this week’s questioner, enough is enough - she wants to know how she can nip her race-day anxieties in the bud and get on with enjoying

the brains of the bodies behind some of the UK’s most successful races and find out what really goes on behind the scenes before, during and after race-day. Of course, next time you find yourself toeing the line, don’t forget to spare a thought for these guys

No matter how much preparation you’ve done beforehand, sometimes on race-day things just don’t go to plan. But for this week’s questioner, a disappointing performance has left her void of all motivation to continue – can you help her regain her

race-day, this is definitely one to earmark if you’re on the lookout for an early-season PB.Three laps of the historic Oulton Park motor circuit certainly promise a turbo-charged affair, not least thanks to its pancake-flat contours and wide open roads

A spell away from the water's edge, Bewl 15Closing SoonHurry, you won't be able to enter these races for much longer...Bewl 15 (Surrey, July 1) An off-road circuit round south-east England’s largest stretch of open water, with a few tough hills

the build-up to race-day. Who can you turn to for advice and reassurance? The RW forumites of course. They’ve hundreds of marathons-worth of experience between them, and we’ve picked their brains for these fail-safe tips to ensure your marathon debut goes

miles, one or two minutes slower per mile than your race pace. You could be running almost every day and getting in some high mileage after several months. You will improve but not very quickly. However, you will find that you can recover from runs

, March 30)Hastings Half-Marathon, March 16Hastings Half-Marathon (East Sussex, March 16) Those on the lookout for a pre-FLM event that closely mimics race-day conditions in the capital could hardly do better than this popular seaside half. Its 5

– if past years are anything to go by, this fixture is sure to reach its entrant limit in advance of race day.More off-road highlights...Henham 10K (Hertfordshire, June 10)Sialens y Barcud and Ras y Diafol challenges (Ceredigion, June 16 & 17)Pennine 100

(coconut water containing natural potassium and sodium). All this stuff is very natural so suits me fine. It will get me through a run of 20-24 miles, about 30-60 seconds off my minute-mile race pace. However, on marathon day, I gloop down around seven