This week's reader completed the London Marathon using a run/walk strategy – but she now wants to cut out the walks altogether, and it's not proving too easy. Can you offer any advice? "I'm getting really annoyed with myself. I trained for FLM using
sorted before the day. I also made sure I did them on similar terrain as the event, practising nutrition and run-walk etc. Managed just under eight hours and 30th place, so not too slow. – Roger WaltersI'm a 45-year-old female runner who's run loads
-term damage that running might do, particularly as your breasts increase in size. A good sports bra becomes essential just to go for a walk, let alone a run. So my advice is to think about the long term. Having to stop running is very frustrating, but only
minutes to a jog, which gave way to a run/walk that eventually allowed me to overtake when the field began to thin out. Such challenges are inevitable when you're in such a popular race, and the atmosphere was so buoyant that it seems churlish to whinge
Run. To clarify, the start is not a wave start like Manchester - it's only similar in that you line up in your coloured zone. Zones will be walked to the start line but there will be no gaps between zones.Johnny Blaze: If it's wet, take a black bin bag
not able to run, sometimes not even able to walk again. Reading RW at that time, dreaming of taking part in Foulees de la Soie were things that kept despair at a respectful distance. It took three years, but I got there. – SticklessDon't let injury happen
the door!Look at some of your old forum posts, and remember how exciting it felt when you finished your first 5k. (Dafffy)Go for a walk in your running kit with water, and just run when you feel like it. (The Evil Pixie)To hell with time. Remember why you
with recovery. Much better than staying indoors and feeling miserable for not training. Anything on the chest at all, DON'T RUN! – XL-manAh, glad this came up. Mini Tweety has just given me her cold – my first one in ages. I like the idea of going out for a walk
(provided I get the OK) from my six-week check up. When I say running I mean jogging and walking initially, taking it very slowly. I managed to run whilst pregnant up to the six-month point and then carried on swimming and using CV equipment for another
or you will injure yourself. I gradually increased the miles on my toes and gradually decreased the "heel" miles; whole process took about 10 weeks. The morning walk down the stairs took longer than normal, but it felt great running at my new race pace
