Everyone should try a training camp a couple of times a year – look what it does for Paula Radcliffe! It can give you a huge leap in fitness and a great boost to your morale. It can be two weeks in the mountains, or a week on some sandy beaches, or it can be a couple of long week...

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 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

of hard work is enough, and now you deserve a rest. In fact, your body demands it – and what about the family, friends and social life?Just make sure it's a short rest, however, because you now have a tremendous opportunity that you shouldn't waste

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

and sluggish. But if you’re constantly suffering these peaks and troughs, it could be that you aren’t resting enough. Rest is a critical part of any training programme. The real gains in speed and strength don’t come during a hill or interval session

course; Friday – rest; Saturday – speed session as above.When you come to the marathon training, follow the RUNNER’S WORLD Get-You-Round programme, with the emphasis on a long run every weekend.—Bruce Tulloh, RW Coaching Editor

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