in advance, you can never be too prepared for a race.Neil TillottTHE SHIRT New York City Marathon, 2000I ran my first marathon at London in April 1999, and so for 2000 I decided to tackle two 26.2-milers in a year. (I was 19, so it seemed like a really good

of women who say they've actually run better after having sex before a race," says Milroy. There might even be some evidence to back up his claim: a survey of 2,000 runners at the Flora London Marathon revealed that the runners who'd had sex the night

incentive to achieve both my goals. I don’t think it’ll be easy, but I think having to report to RW readers will prove a big motivation. I did do a bit of running in my 20s. I worked on Woman’s Own magazine and organised a series of 30 10K runs for women