of eating healthily throughout the day," says Bean. "You also fuel your body so you feel happy and energised for the rest of the day."The Low GI Diet (hodder mobius, £6.99) Take away tip Filling up on fibre-rich low-GI foods with a high water content
. There are triathletes from all round the world. I think the town of Kona is pretty sleepy the rest of the year too so that contrast over race weekend is exciting. The chaos created by the race is good fun. Everyone checks each other out in training.On race day
blasted for a solid eight hours.If the wind had continued into the third day's 38K stage, I might have been tempted to drop out of the race and spend the rest of the week lounging by the pool back in Ouarzazate, but the weather refused to provide an excuse
, filling breakfast, you dramatically increase your chances of eating healthily throughout the day," says Bean. "You also fuel your body so you feel happy and energised for the rest of the day."The Low GI Diet (hodder mobius, £6.99) What's on the menu? "It
minutes 41 seconds - the Kona swim course record - came and went, the crowds started to cheer as the first lone swimmer hoved into view. Posting the fastest swim split of the day, Andy Potts was way ahead as he exited the water in 48:48. It was great
three sets of 4 x 400m, with short recoveries of one minute between repetitions, and five minutes rest between setsFriday RestSaturdayAM Easy jogPM Track session: 4 x 1,600m at 5K pace with two minutes recovery between repetitions, 16 x 400m with one
training should reach its peak four weeks before the event and your last long run should be three weeks before race day. Also, get it into your mind that rest means rest: don’t substitute a two-hour run for a one-hour run and a two-hour bike ride or even a
and instead imagine heaving yourself up steps that are too tall to take at a trot. Around 7K of the race takes place on the wall, with the rest of the course passing through beautiful mountain villages and along attractive country trails in the shadow of China
area, the easier it is to dissipate heat."Women take note, however: body temperature rises half a degree when you are ovulating or menstruating. This is not a reason not to compete or train, but be aware that you may sweat more, even at rest, than
Case Study OneRuby Mills started running a few months ago but despite increasing her mileage slowly, she started to feel a twinge in her left hip. “The pain would subside after a few rest days, but every time I started running again it would return
