with the injury demons by increasing weekly mileage by no more than 10 per cent, separating long runs, tempo runs and speed workouts by at least 48 hours, and understanding that more isn't always more. "There is evidence that clocking over 45 miles weekly can
of the dumb would continue riding for over a year with a painful right knee. Which is precisely what I did, before deciding that enough was enough.I considered going to see a physio but after consulting with friends and colleagues I came to the conclusion
can be useful."When I ran my second 26.2-miler 16 years ago, my coach sat down with all the marathoners in the group and did just this, helping us to pinpoint our fears or worries and develop an appropriate mantra. My issue was spending too much time
and smash my time.What are your aims for the Royal Parks Half-Marathon?I'm aiming to run sub-2:00 - anytime between 1:50-1:55. Other than that my focus is to earn as much money as I can for UNICEF. They are a fantastic charity and they improve the lives
/22 miles, pm restMon am (30 mins easy), pm 45 mins steadyTue am (30 mins easy), pm 12 x 400 @ 3km pace, 200 jog rec.Wed am (30 mins easy), pm 10 miles – picking up pace. Thu am (30 mins easy), pm 8 x 1km @ 10km pace, 2 mins recovery.Fri am (30 mins easy
of Sports Medicine, which calls for 590-1180ml per hour.For the first time in its 107-year history, the Boston Marathon this spring provided all 20,000 runners with a fold-out pamphlet from the American Running Association and the American Medical Athletic
did a 1-2 mile jog cool down, but then I was stuck in a car for hours due to a breakdown so my knees were flexed for ages).This is supposed to be my last big training week before the three week taper. I took Monday and Tuesday off. I felt fine
4:00 TO 5:00 (Page 4) Page 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15Dave the Spartan, 4:59:15The excuses in first: I did no training in January and February due to family illness and pressure from work. I decided to run and enjoy it (Can you
the equivalent of eight large glasses of water every day, and probably twice that in warm weather. It also means taking in about half a pint of fluid every 15-20 minutes of running. For runs of an hour or more, you also need to replenish spent energy stores
; then sail round the coast to invade the city from the south, where they hoped the gates would be opened to them by traitors within. The Athenians could only put up an army of 10,000 men, with no cavalry and no ships. Their allies from the tiny city state
