why get it wrong this year? TV said 15,000 runners (therefore 15,000 entry fees); results show fewer than 10,000 finishers. Where are the missing 5,000? Did they run off with all the food?" The goody bag itself also got short shrift, with Benjamin

. I didn’t fully recover for months, and of course, I didn’t get selected for the Olympics. This was a time when I really needed a second opinion. Mix your training I retired from serious athletics in October 1967, equalling my PB of 13:12 for three

lift, which gives a long stride. All the running is done at 95-100 per cent effort, with long recoveries. Try the following sessions:‘Pyramid’ sessions, starting with 150m and moving up to 170m, 190m, 200m and down again, with a walk-back recovery of 90

coach and the author of Triathlon Training Basics (A&C Black, 2004), recommends trying a monkey-see-monkey-do approach to building these skills. "If you need to work on your cycling skills, make friends with a group of cyclists who are a little more

might think the average temperature of minus 20 degrees C and strong katabatic winds will be the biggest challenge, but the altitude of 10,000 feet and hilly course play their part too in making this a truly tough event. Run at 80 degrees south, just a

. Winfried Amoaku, chairman of the scientific committee at the Royal College of Ophthalmologists, says the infection affects 1.5 people in one million of the UK's population each year - although 93 per cent of cases occur in contact-lens wearers, especially

the Brathay Windermere Marathon (May 16) or the Yorkshireman Off-Road Marathon (September 12), or try out two new big-city fixtures - the mbna Chester Marathon (May 31) or the Bradford City Marathon (October 17).With dozens of races taking place all over

"Water is 1,000 times denser than air," says Laughlin. "So the single most important factor is to slip your body through the smallest hole in the water." Imagine a central axis extending from the top of your head to the opposite end of the pool. Rotate your

own plan on the calendar which will then synchronise with the watch on connection. These plans can be as in-depth or vague as you like (for example, run at 10mm pace for one mile, then 10 intervals of 400m at 8mm pace followed by two minutes at 12mm

The first hour of 14...After approximately 51,000 arm-strokes, 24 miles, and 14 hours 15 minutes of swimming, I climbed out of the sea on to the beach near Wissant, France: a Channel Swimmer. At 3:20am on that Saturday, July 24, I’d got