run the marathon in London 2012?I definitely think I can get in sub-2:20 shape and then you just have to see how things go on the day. I don't think it's impossible that I could get back to 2:15 or 2:16 shape but it's more possible to get back to 2:17
to full marathon pace, counting three times to 100 roughly equates to a mile: this technique helps me focus on where I am within each mile of the race and has become my technique for anchoring my concentration. I use it to truly stay in the moment
and the city centre. And, of course, after the Games the athletes' village will become homes for 10,000 underprivileged people. As the plan is for the London Games to be held in an area of the capital that is ripe for regeneration, I dont see why we shouldn
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, and find what they like.You're well known for your 100-plus-mile weekly training schedule each week. How do you find time to sleep?(Chris Leigh 3)I sleep a lot! I get 10 hours or so at night, and another two in the afternoon between 2 and 4 o'clock. I
Dabrowski (3:27:16) and Andy Murray (3:28:05), the sub-8:00s, Neil Tillott (3:55:52) and Jeremy Clapham (3:55:18) the nines and Steven Seaton (4:20:39) and Jane Newman (4:23:12), the 10s. Rob Spedding and Ross Preston brought home the 11-minute milers bang
More than 30,000 runners will be taking on the Virgin London Marathon on Sunday – so we’ve called in some running legends to give you their best tips. Click through for inspiring advice from Paula Radcliffe, Steve Cram, Scott Overall, David Weir
Time not givenThe thing that kept me going - the thought of a swim, a steam and a massage on Monday!Also Paula Radcliffe's tip of counting to 100 backwards. If it works for her..... although I got through a lot more 100's than she probably does
five women’s World records at the London Marathon, culminating in Paula Radcliffe’s mixed-race 2:15:25 in 2003. Radcliffe also owns the women’s-only record of 2:18:56 from 2002. Khalid Khannouchi USA set a men’s World record of 2:05:38 in 2002
