you need is two to three weeks of recovery, two weeks of normal marathon training and two weeks to taper again. Here's the kind of timetable you should try to work to:Week 1 No running for three days. Walk if you feel like it. Then try jogging for 30

Standfirst: Author: Bruce TullohPics:Issue date: nov98 /panelKeywords:-->Target Time: sub-60 mins or below. Mileage: 50-70 per weekThe week’s total is usually over 50 miles, but an extra 4-mile run, four mornings a week, will bring it up to 70

Standfirst: Author: Bruce TullohPics:Issue date: nov98 /panelKeywords:-->Target time: 60-70 minutes Mileage: 40-45 per weekWeek OneMon 4 miles easyTue 5 miles easy fartlekWed 4-5 miles steadyThu 10 mins easy, 10 mins THR, 10 mins steadyFri Rest

Standfirst: Author: Bruce TullohPics:Issue date: racing secrets bookletKeywords:-->This band covers serious athletes. The schedule will take you up to over 50 miles a week, which is about as much training as is compatible with a lifestyle

-dune running are also time-honoured ways of improving leg strength while getting other benefits at the same time. For leg power it is best to use a steep slope, eg 25 per cent, and keep the duration of the run under 30 seconds, with a walk recovery. If you use

Standfirst: Author: Bruce TullohPics:Issue date: nov98 /panelKeywords:-->Target time: 70 minutes plus. Mileage: 30-35 per week (3 weekdays plus weekends)If you’re planning to be slower than 80 minutes, follow these schedules at your own pace

Standfirst: Author: Bruce TullohPics:Issue date: racing secrets bookletKeywords:-->This time range takes you up to a regular 40 miles a week, though many runners would still be able to do themselves justice by substituting one easy run for a rest

is worth up to four miles of running, and if you make the cycling hard enough the more you’ll benefit from it.—Bruce Tulloh, RW Coaching Editor

on racing every few weeks for another three months (following your two-week recovery, of course). But, again, I would not go for more than six months without having a rest period. And by rest, I mean two weeks doing half your normal weekly mileage. —Bruce

Standfirst: Author: Bruce TullohPics:Issue date: racing secrets bookletKeywords:uan99-->This band covers beginners and those who have been over the distance once before, in around two hours, and would now like to try for something a little faster