-country at school and quite a bit of sport in the RAF, I got out the old trainers and started to plod my way around the estate to keep the weight off. A friend at work suggested I ran the Saxilby 6 miler in the may with her. I completed it with all due credit to her
calories you’ll burn. Walking and running each burn around 100 calories per mile, but you can cover more miles in the same time by running rather than walking. Don’t overtrain Running too many miles increases your injury risk. If you’re injured, you can
or athletes with degrees in sports science."Regardless of your standard, it is good to know what impact any workout is having on your body," explains Joe Dunbar, an exercise physiologist and coach. "Unlike using the subjective marker of how you feel today
runs at weekends. A couple of injuries worried me at times, but by the time the day of the marathon came, I was filled with confidence that I had done ample training to enjoy my day and comfortably complete the race with an anticipated finish of around
feeling good it’s easy to push and push, but a failure to listen amid the excitement can lead to fatigue, below-par performances or injury and illness. It's better to hold back and simmer. Don’t overreach at this stage in your training. With only a few
made it into their finals, while Phillips Idowu was a pre-event medal hope, but didn't really look sharp after his recent injury problems.All in all, it was a pretty decent showing, and pretty much dead on what Dave Collins, UK Athletics performance
and the Girls from Eims all of whom kept my pace up for a good stretch of the race. Looking forward to next time ?!?!?!?!?!?Supe, 4:31My first marathon, and a fantastic one to start with.Training was going really well until 7th March when I got a knee injury
in bed for a week with a bad virus. FLM was actually easier! I'm a great believer in putting yourself through something horrendous in order to make the other goal seem easier. Large gulps of Lucozade Sport every mile, and jelly babies from 16 miles
BreakfastIf you’re eating a light breakfast and a heavier dinner, your afternoon runs may be suffering. “I call that ‘eating backwards,’” says nutritionist Nancy Clark, author of Nancy Clark’s Sports Nutrition Guidebook. “Better to frontload the calories so
. For even the most jaded runner, it’s an excellent reminder that there can be more to the sport than dropping those last few pounds or chasing a new PB. First things first: it’s time to leave behind any memories of drug-fuelled rebels toting Kalashnikovs
