commit to your finish time and have your photo taken which you can share with your friends on Facebook.ASICS Target 26.2Now race day is nearly here, make sure you catch up with the latest from our team of Paris Marathon hopefuls, Sarah, Alex, Steve

goal on the horizon to inspire me to get out there. All my training for London had been focused on that date, it didn’t occur to me to roll it over to a different race. I just hung up my trainers.Years went by and suddenly 2012 was approaching. I

You put a lot of effort into your training, nutrition and race-day goals – don’t sabotage it by neglecting your toenails. Keep an eye on them and take action if you spot something amiss. “Most toenail problems are easily avoided,” says podiatrist

it was. But six months later the Great North Run was formed, then the Reading Half Marathon, the Robin Hood Marathon – you had loads of other races that were set up as a result of it.But London remains the pinnacle...It’s London’s biggest one-day festival

. To become a better swimmer you need to swim consistently and that very regularity can make it hard to maintain focus. By breaking up the sessions into warm-ups, drills, pre-main sets, main sets and recoveries (or warm-downs) the swims become more fun

. I managed to find a plan, which I can hit most sessions, despite being away from home 12-14 hours a day during the week. As a result, 2 of the ‘quality’ sessions are done on Saturday and Sunday. Saturday is typically race pace miles (this will be getting up