that builds you up in realistic increments to the date of your race (allowing for one or two easier weeks at the end). If you can use a schedule from RUNNER’S WORLD, a good book, or an accredited coach at your local club, that’s ideal. It will be a tried

with athletes at Olympic and World Championship level and is an active runner himself, having recently completed the Amsterdam and Lisbon Marathons. What are the objectives of this study?There are two key objectives. The first is to establish how various mental

Goal: as close to 3:15 as possibleFinish Time: 3:36:00 Sue's Training Schedule | Sue's Food Diary Analysis | Sue's Training Thread | Sue's Race-Week Nutrition Strategy Flora London Marathon: Race DaySue says: Unfortunately, I didn’t have a

for beginners!)And a guide to doing your weekly long run right. Finally, if you want to see how ordinary runners can move their training to its next level, Hard Training, with Mike Gratton, is a fascinating read.Runner's World schedules in fullMile - short

are between eight and 12 years old. Vice-president Nigel Rigg says that this is a deliberate strategy, and one that they plan to continue. "The club has a group initiative known as the Schools Partnership, where all the club coaches go round all the schools

-race preparation, such as planning for race day and thinking about her hydration and refuelling strategies. This is very important for all marathon runners: each of you should have a definite strategy for race day that you have practiced in training. Meg

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the way to Amarillo" again I may well implode.Mark and I had a game plan and it was all going well until the Cutty Sark, where the congestion of runners made it impossible to stick to any plan, so I told Mark to stop trying to make up time, to which he

-tune your training regime and plot a perfect race-day strategy. Plus, keeping an eye on your heart rate means you'll be able to spot looming illness and the effects of overtraining and side-step the risks of running under the weather. GETTY IMAGES