of stately home Polesdon Lacey and on a clear day you can even spot Canary Wharf gleaming in the distance. However, the hills are the real stars of this scenic show. Once you have slogged your way round this rewarding race share the sense of achievement
how our pacing groups work at various build-up races and training runs throughout the spring. Look out for the Runner's World stand at these events too - your chance to come and chat to the team before and after the race. February 2010 When
for a 10K in Glasgow in the September. Seven weeks before the race I tripped over a pavement while out for a run and pulled ligaments in my ankle. I was strapped up and on crutches for a good few weeks but with the marathon ballot results at the back
to stop and walk for a little while. I was hoping to get round without stopping, but my whole body just gave up and I had to walk/run for the next 2 miles.I was completely surprised by the support of the crowd, what an atmosphere!My most memorable moment
Standfirst: A repeatable 2-week build-up to a 10-mile race Author:Pics:Issue date: racing secrets bookletKeywords:uan94--Ten is a nice round figure. Even the most numerically-challenged can work out that to run 10 miles in 60 minutes, you have
Q I took up running a year ago and was really pleased to quickly notch up PBs of 36:57 for 10K and 1:21 for the half-marathon. I then set my sights on the marathon and built up to a peak of 80 miles a week, with five good long runs under my belt
and I seriously doubted whether I would make it round."—Lennonesque, 5:36:40What you need to commit to:A four-month training period. Ideally you should be running 25 miles a week by the time you start the four monthsBuilding up from a minimum of 25 miles
at a time, thus opening up the trail for yet more enthusiastic, gullible chumps.The horses had more sense. Only seven of them were sufficiently misinformed or stupid enough to show up, and one of those had the good sense to pack it in halfway round
.Youre not sure which target to aim for You may have been training better than you expected recently, or conversely consistently missed the time targets for the build-up races in your schedules. Revise your goal using the guidelines printed at the top of your
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
