-littered trails. "On longer, hard runs, aim for a pace that's about 80 per cent of your race pace. When it comes to the speedier sessions – such as mile reps or intervals – aim for 110 per cent," says Frapwell. "As long as you're hitting faster than race pace, you
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or three times a week. I help them set goals, advise them on injuries and talk them through their weekend races,” explains Baldaro. “But joining a coach’s group isn’t just about running. There’s always loads of banter, and a great spirit among the runners
's only one thing I crave after a run - a pasty. I pass two pasty shops on my runs, one of which is in the railway station, through which I usually pass on my way home from a race. It exerts a gravitational field that I cannot fight. Muttley
up your training, try new sessions, enter races of wildly varying distances and you’ll be a better runner.Peter Hamilton Years Running 45 Take Preventative MeasuresI’m now a veteran runner and still enjoying it enough to probably fulfil my wife
was the advice given by Keith Anderson and his team on the Trailplus training weekend in January. Not only his training plan but also his advice on clothing, nutrition, hydration and pre-race planning. I would recommend the weekend to anyone who is training
determination saw steady progress. As for running, I have been a runner for over 20 years but I’ve only ever entered about five races in this time. In fact the most competitive running I had done was the three triathlons leading up to Ironman; and the Ironman
© Getty Images The two Olympic marathons held last August in Beijing were literally races for the ages. Kenya's Samuel Wanjiru, then 21, broke more than an Olympic record with his 2:06:32 win; he crushed long-held conventional
on flats, work hills up to 85 per cent effort and cruise the downhills. Cool-down: easy spin 5 minutes. *AT EXPECTED RACE START TIME: SWIM 750m. Change, then CYCLE 40 minutes steady, then RUN: 20 minutes. Practise breakfast timing, race nutrition
Clubs regularly attend races as a teamThe days when running clubs were the sole preserve of ultra-competitive elite racers hell-bent on crushing the opposition at all costs and putting in more hours than Geb or Paula are thankfully long
