at the start of a race is a pretty sure way to feel bad at the end! You cant expect your body to go straight from standing still to, say, eight-minute miling. Instead, coax it up to speed. Begin with 10-15 minutes of very gentle running. Once you
Standfirst: 10-mile race brings out all the attributes of the distance runner. Follow our training programme and you could be hitting your target time in eight weeksAuthor: Bruce TullohPics:Issue date: nov98Keywords:uan95--Because running a good 10
allow a day of easy running for every mile you raced. (The race dates are correct at time of publishing, but you should check the Race Diary to see whether they've been confirmed yet for this year.) January If you’re not a member of a club, this is a
Standfirst: 4 surefire stride-improvers for mile racingAuthor: Sean Fishpool and Steve SmythePics:Issue date: aug01 /mile panelKeywords:uan59--Theres more to running than running, as any tuned-in coach will tell you. Thats especially the case over
Q After running a sub-3:00 marathon in my mid-30s, I spent the next 17 years running only occasionally. But last year, to celebrate my 50th, I returned to serious training for the Flora London Marathon. I finished in 3:28, and this has got me
? KatyBA. I would recommend setting your goal race pace a little slower than your training run pace – perhaps between 9:45-10 min/mile. Have you done any half-marathons or other long races, which you can use to get a marathon time prediction?If so, I
to back (road or exercise CYCLE): 10 mins easy, then 3-5 x (10 mins brisk CYCLE, then straight into 1K hard RUN, then 2 mins jog or spin recovery), then 10 mins easy Morning: CYCLE 60 mins brisk to hard Afternoon: RUN 40-60 mins slow RACE DAY
Start racing faster"To improve your time, you're going to need to run faster throughout the race, not just at the finish. Many racers start too slowly and then end up running too quickly
Fartlek sessions [hard, medium and slow running over various distances during a session, from the Swedish term meaning 'speed play'] are a good way of improving your pace and replicating the surges you would expect during a race. Beginners tend to run at the same
haven't run for months. They would relish the chance to race. – NamasteRe-size your set-back within the bigger picture I too had an awful half-marathon result recently - running much slower than I expected after six hard months of training. I was so
