number of off-road duathlons, and the tricky conditions only add spice to these events.Taking part in the occasional grimy, frosty duathlon will leave you primed for next season. But you have to know what you're doing.A Shoe InAppropriate footwear
.The most useful thing you can do in these weeks is to get your pace judgement right. Work out the pace you need to achieve your best possible race time. Practise this over a measured mile, in your racing shoes, so that you know what it feels like. The first
of the hill.Don’t just hammer out the miles on roads or pavements. By training off-road on trails or sand, your legs will work harder to keep you moving, and you’ll put less stress on joints. You can even include races on different surfaces in your training
on a shorter race distance for this spring and postpone your marathon goal for a year.Do you have people to train with?Your preparations will be easier if you can find a partner, or better still, a small group to go out with. The added motivation
for the rest of the running year, whether you’re a battle-hardened racer or pinning on your first ever race number. The summer track season kicks off around now, and marathon runners will be sweeping the cobwebs from their running shoes and easing back
before the race so that you can get it right on the day." Mick Woods, GB athlete coachRun off-road pyramids "Beating your PB requires pure leg speed as well as endurance. You use more muscles running off-road, which teaches your body how to deal
