targets for a range of distances, pop a recent race time into our Training Pace Calculator. Speedwork Rules Remember these 10 tips when you start adding the fast stuff to your running programme. Your First Speed Sessions Ease into harder training

of that. She explained it to me: we were going to do five intervals, with three-minute recoveries. The aim was to run it exactly the same all five times.5-4-3-2-1 go! This isn't hard. I can do this. Well, maybe it's not so easy. Well, maybe I shouldn

with 10-15 minutes of easy running before picking up the pace. Combine that with stretching for optimum results.5. Don’t start too fastBeginners usually err on the speedy side of speedwork. Hold it steady, and don’t run so fast that your breathing

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

at marathon pace, 1M at 10K pace. Total time should be 4-5 mins longer than target race time.Key session for half-marathon races: 13 miles with 2M at marathon pace, 3M at half-marathon pace, 1M at marathon pace, 1M at 10M pace, 1M at marathon pace, 2M at half

for a half: 400m, 800m, 1200m, 1600m, 2000m, each run faster than your 10K pace but not flat out. Jog 400m between each – but you can take three to four minutes for this.16. Divide 1000m into: 400m at 5K race pace, with a 400m jog; 300m at race pace

the night before and on the morning of the event, and so on. Then check off each one before you leave for the race.SpeedworkUse an '800' number Yes, even a task as daunting as marathon training can't be simplified by doing Yasso 800s (a regime developed

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, which is not protected by digestive secretions, causing some people to feel nauseous. Experiment with the timing, quantity and type of food you eat before training.Here are some rough stomach clearance rates: fruit, 15-30 minutes; vegetables, 30 minutes

Q. I’m a novice runner and I am working my way up to 30 minutes of running at 12-minute/mile pace. I plan to stick at 30 minutes for one month, then start adding some speed before a 5K. What would be the best speedwork for me?A. Begin your