pushing the pace, even on easy days. [+1]5. I never wear a watch when I go out for a run - or even on race day. [-1]6. Doing my best means more to me than beating others. [0]7. I'd rather run through an injury than take an extra day or two off. [+1]8. I
training plan, diet and race-day strategy. "Every race is a puzzle," says coach Jeff Horowitz, author of My First 100 Marathons (£15.99, Skyhorse Publishing). "Look for clues to solve it." Did you rest enough during your taper? Did you go out too fast? Did
.That was the nightmare in which navy triathlete Charlie Pennington found himself in 2009. His main aim had been to make it to Australia's Gold Coast for the World Championships and he decided to take his wife and eight-month-old son on the 12,000-mile trip. It was a big
You're a busy person. You have enough to think about. So you can forget these 10 worries once and for all."I don't have time to squeeze in a run today." As little as 10 minutes a day of continuous running can boost both your fitness and your mood
that someone in Mexico was listening to something done from my bedroom at home."These days they get anything from 10,000 to 20,000 listeners, depending on the topic. The Epic Camp series - in which they interview triathletes attending the Epic Camp in New
20-minute time trial on the turbo trainer and record the heart rate, speed and cadence you maintained.On the run, go to your usual run route or course and try to set a PB for intervals - such as 5 x 1000m - or sustained efforts - such as three miles
new each day, even if it’s only a few twists and turns to make the route different. People who run solely by miles tend to cover the same courses over and over, and become stale.2. Get back to natureIf you don’t do it already, it’s time to mix off
will do your best on race day.A confident person will also admit mistakes and learn from them. If, for example, you didn't achieve the result you were looking for in a race, you will reflect on what happened and make adjustments that will help you
starting to run, or overcoming obstacles. It might be about your marathon build-up, or race-day. It might just be an account of a run on a clear, fresh day. The possibilities are endless.Each month's best stories will appear in the three magazines and win a
to it.14. And restEight-time Iron World Champion Paula Newby believes it's better to be 10 per cent undertrained than one per cent overtrained come race day, so don't forget to include rest days in your training schedule.Jane Wake agrees that rest days
