are preparing for a camp should mean that you maintain or increase your training before the camp, but you should not be tired before you start. The object is to use the time as efficiently as possible, so you will train more intensely on a five-day camp than you

minutes or walking for an hour on alternate days.Week 2 Aim to do no more than half your normal marathon training. Have one to two days of complete rest.Week 3 Return to normal training, but don't push yourself hard if you don't feel like it.Week 4 You

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

, the marathon seems nothing. However, you have to respect your body and allow it to get used to the idea gradually. Best of luck!—Bruce Tulloh, who took just 65 days to run across the USA in 1969

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

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:-->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

into proper training, but on other days you just plod round your circuit feeling awful and wishing it was over. The most likely causes of this problem are overtraining and boredom.Rest is important: if you don’t give your body enough time to recover from

, they occur during the rest period that follows. You need to give yourself at least two days between the quality sessions in your programme – and by ‘quality’ I mean intervals, fartlek, hills and even long runs.How Do I Avoid The ‘wall’?The ‘wall’ is a

to do themselves justice by substituting one easy run for a rest day and running closer to 35 miles a week. The key here is to get used to good-quality sessions, particularly repetition runs, where you are running fast (at about 10K pace) for several