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

, 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

the long, hard sessions you inevitably become run-down and depressed. If your training lacks variety, the boredom effect will wear you out mentally even before you are physically overtired.The first remedy, therefore, is rest. How often do we read

-confidence. If children have enough space, they’ll be running and walking every day as part of general play anyway. In truth, a child as young as seven could probably cope with covering a total of five miles a day in this manner at their own pace. If children can only

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

-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

of walking and jogging three times a week, plus a five-mile walk at the weekend. Build up week by week, but don’t overdo it. If you aim to follow the sub-4:30 schedule rather than the Get You Round programme, you should be able to run comfortably, three

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

Firth. One of them asked, “Shall we walk for a bit?”“I’m not stopping,” I replied, and I carried on and won. From that point I thought of myself as a runner, and since then I’ve run eight or nine hundred races and covered 100,000 miles in racing

in the space of eight weeks. All you need to do is make a commitment to run at least three times a week and follow this simple run/walk programme which will gradually ease you towards the goal. Week 1 Run one min, walk 90 seconds. Repeat eight times. Do three