up? How should you fuel? How should you handle the first miles, the first half, and the final six miles and 385 yards? Here, you’ll find the answers to all the questions you should be asking about race-day strategy, so you’ll squeeze everything from
Thompson's eight essential strategies - and log onto the forum this Friday (April 13) at 1pm to ask him your race strategy questions in our live webchat.Picture credit: Mads Abildgaard/Getty Images
. We tried and tested five ways of boosting runners' moods. Before following the strategies, most of the runners under-performed; afterwards, 70 per cent of them improved their performances. Here are the secrets of their success.Strategy 1: If
to ambitions, plan out strategies and plant seeds of inspiration to see you through bad patches. Here’s what to include.Picture credit: Peter Rutherhagen/ Getty Images
strategies (interventions) can help sports performance. The second is to establish how effective each strategy is and which are the most effective.I'm interested in taking part - what exactly is involved?First, you will need to fill out a questionnaire
at Sports-Nutritionist.com. "Then you need to take in foods that give you the fuel to perform your best." Here's how. Calories are based on a 68kg athlete.Picture credit: Sue TallowEasy Spin or RunCalories: 200 to 300 Time before: 30-45 minutesStrategy
yourself to the limit, the only credible option to improve the situation you're in appears to be stopping." Your strategy "There are two essential strategies for handling the pain – dissociating to externalise it and distract yourself away from it
strategies to help me stay more consistent? A. In many cases, the key to running faster can be found in subtly changing your training regime, not your racing strategy. If youre slowing down in the third mile, you may need to increase your tolerance
important issue and also is a very dangerous precedent.This strategy, if accepted, could be extended to provide a half-marathon race in a marathon that would utilize the last half of the marathon course AND would be started just as the lead pack passed
people deep.The worst moment: having to move to a walk/run strategy far earlier than expected (16 miles).The biggest surprise: as a first-time runner, the crowds in the last mile – oh yes, and the weather!What I would do differently: perhaps slower start
