- and interactive - insight into the demands of marathon training.Meet The Team | Meet The Experts | Marathon ResourcesASICS Super Six: Race DayThe culmination of months of hard training for the ASICS Super Six has arrived - on April 10, our marathon contenders
-marathon ideally begins two weeks out from race day, but your last longer run (and in some cases longest) should be, at closest, three weeks before the race.Assuming your preparation has not been interrupted by injury, your body will have adapted to a regular
to run for causes. However, this year I’m breaking with tradition. Foot and mouth disease has put paid to almost every race in my calendar – except one. The organisers of the Trans 333 have scoured the entire planet for the place that bears the closest
commitments, our team used our Garmin-ready schedules as they aimed for a wide range of target-times, from sub-3:00 to Getting Round. Click on the links below to read their race-day accounts, catch up with their fortnightly training updates, hop on their forum
line in London.But Lucy was dogged from day one with injuries and illness, and with the training she missed though injury and illness she did well to complete the race. (Updated April 30) Read more On December 5, all six winners travelled
You've heard the usual recommendations for so long that you accept them as gospel. And most of the advice is solid. Who can argue with putting in mileage, peaking for races and stretching after a run? But just because many coaches, sports
Six mentor - Nick Anderson) Nutrition Q+A (with Lucozade Sport's Lead Sport Scientist Nick Morgan)Monster Month Q+A (with experienced club coach and RW regular, Steve Smythe)Taper & Race-day Nutrition Q+A (with Lucozade Sport's Lead Sport Scientist
training and racing.Thursday: 2 x 800m at goal race pace, with equal time jog recovery between The goal is to run a mile's worth of distance at the pace you think you'll be able to maintain on race day. This short session will help you determine what your
?"For years I've not taken a complete day off, apart from two days' bad flu and after a couple of hard races. My days in the gym give my legs a rest as I focus on upper-body strength. My fitness-freak boss says I should have a day of complete rest once a week
