close to the race but you need to remember what pace you have been training at.Q. I have three target times and it is very tempting to set out at the fastest - what's my best pacing strategy? Fiona CA. Assuming you have been training at your fastest

group for everyone. All you need is a race number, so make sure you enter the races well in advance. It's a friendly, flexible arrangement, and you don't have to run with us all the way. NB: New strategy for 2004! This year, our pacers will be running

.co.uk/asicstarget262/ruthpodcastGet psyched: Top mental strategiesVictor says: “To get the best out of your race, set more than one target. Choose a dream goal, a realistic goal and an acceptable goal. Even if things go wrong, you’ll be able to accept that it wasn

couldn’t do it so I had the all-clear.All that remained for me to do was train, get kit together, perfect my nutrition strategy, find footwear and gaiters that worked, fill out all the relevant paperwork, book my annual leave, enjoy Christmas and ask

that performance doesn’t matter. People who routinely finish races before I reach halfway sometimes believe that all that matters to me is being out with friends on an easy jog with water tables and police protection. That is not the case.I get the greatest

Ever wondered how much carbohydrate those lean, mean elite athletes eat the night before a race? Think of a decent-sized portion of pasta, double it, add rice, then a bread roll and you're just about there. Staying in the same Lisbon hotel

to the professionals and make sure you abide by what they say, because if you’re broken, you won’t be able to compete.When it gets tough during a race, what strategies do you use to keep going?I break things down into legs and I’m very much a data-cruncher, so I look

the stage on which the rest of the race is acted out. If you fly away at the start, lactic acid will flood your legs. Research suggests that the optimal pacing strategy is either 50-50 or 51-49 (ie the first 5K occupies 51 per cent of the total time

– but try not to do too much walking, as it's far too easy to get into this rut and not feel like running again. Hope this helps. – Shazza BazzaGet a run-walk strategy sussed, unless you're planning to race it and be up there with the top few. It's something

you have a particular goal – like a successful race performance – consider all the things that you need to do, mentally and otherwise, to achieve that result. A lot of runners make the mistake of always expecting the best-case scenario, but by focusing