It happens to a lot of runners. You set your sights on a big race, log your miles and put your social life on hold, only to run into a roadblock in the last four to six weeks – that ‘monster month' when you're at your peak but still weeks away from

Standfirst: A repeatable 2-week build-up to a sub-60 10-mile race Author:Pics:Issue date: racing secrets bookletKeywords:uan92--Preparation phase (3-4 weeks)Gradually increase your weekly mileage to 40M, based on 6 training runs per week

to leave a few surprises for race day, but you shouldn't.Knowing something about the course can be invaluable. Training on the course can help if you're nervous about the great unknown. Saffron Webber from Horsham, West Sussex, is training for the Banana

to go. He won, clocking a British and European indoor 5000m record of 13:10.60 in the process. Plan aheadAccording to Farah, it was his adherence to a pacing plan that put him in a position to make history: "We had a plan going into the race. We wanted

The fastest races are run with even splits: world records reveal that, statistically, fast, steady speed yields the best performances. Yet some races demand a tactical rather than  time-trial approach, where occasional and well-timed bursts of speed

to go. He won, clocking a British and European indoor 5000m record of 13:10.60 in the process. Plan aheadAccording to Farah, it was his adherence to a pacing plan that put him in a position to make history: "We had a plan going into the race. We

.Avoid the practice of preceding a carbo-loading period with a few days of carbohydrate starvation.AdminIf you haven’t done so already, prepare your race-day shopping list and buy everything you need, from blister patches to energy gels.TuesdayMindVisualise miles 6

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

. In this programme, you’ll be doing your longer, stamina-building repetitions at 5-mile race pace, your medium-length repetitions at 5K race pace, and your shorter, speed-enhancing repetitions at one-mile race pace. The schedules below are coded based on 18-minute

, Florida. The best 100 triathletes in Wimbleball earn themselves a place for the American race, which could ultimately open a door to the prize of a place at the Ironman World Championships finale in Hawaii.The triathlon starts with a swim in the flooded