This year we followed four Olympic-distance newcomers as they trained for the Virgin Active London Triathlon, using TW's 10 Week Olympic Training Schedule. Now we can reveal how they fared on the big day and whether or not they acheived their race

exhaustion. Luckily, you can make life easier for your body by practising sun-smart running – focusing on hydration, clothing and your training schedule.TRAIN SMARTFactoring in the sun’s effects on your body is good practice when planning sun-kissed training

Whether you call it tempo running or anaerobic, lactate or ventilatory threshold training doesn’t matter. Threshold training works, and adding it to your schedule is sure to make you faster and more efficient in endurance races.Threshold training

Even if you are already convinced that your health—and your running—is a priority, scheduling your runs on a busy day can still be a struggle. Here’s a look at some of the best tricks of the trade to help you overcome scheduling debacles

times a week in my marathon training schedule. I feel fine at the moment, but will I struggle as the runs get longer? Sam MacIntoshA. Undoubtedly the best training for running is running. While the other stuff may not be as good as getting you run

, because it can be improved more.We’ve prepared three sets of schedules – one for runners who’ve done little or no speedwork before; one for normal runners; and one for out-and-out training monsters. If you wanted to give yourself a real flying chance of a

Could this be the offer of a lifetime? For the price of a whizzy pair of shoes and a couple of pair of good socks, you can get individual Runner's World-approved schedules and personal coaching across the entire build-up to your spring marathon

Getty ImagesIf you’ve applied for a place in the Virgin London Marathon, you’ll know by early October whether you’ve been successful. You have ample training time in the period between starting your training schedules in early January and the big

Q For six months I’ve been running twice a week. I do a long Sunday run, and a hard midweek hill or interval session. Is it possible to run a 3:30 marathon with only two sessions a week? All the marathon schedules I read say to run five or six days

Standfirst: Real-life keys to overcoming marathon time goalsAuthor:Pics:Issue date: Feb-May01 / xref Ultimate schedsKeywords:uan135--How I Beat... 3:00“Following a schedule was the most important thing. Knowing exactly what I had to do each day