When Nike brought Paula Radcliffe, Paul Tergat and Sebastian Coe to the Flora London Marathon Exhibition, they exclusively invited runnersworld.co.uk members to add their own questions to the official line-up. Here's what they had to say
Tergat made his move, catching Haile napping. (In Ethiopia he is known universally as Haile.) As he broke free of the pack it looked like he’d finally got the beating of his great friend and nemesis, but something stirred in ‘the Emperor’, a force
Who among us hasn't marvelled at Paul Tergat's speed in the marathon or Lance Armstrong's power in the Alps? What we're really admiring - from a scientific viewpoint, anyway - is these mega-athletes' VO2 max, one of the best indicators of aerobic
week. Over time, this extra quality work will make you a stronger runner.McMillan learned about progression runs from Gabriele Rosa, the Italian coach of distance runner Paul Tergat, who is known for faltering in the final miles of his first few
with each footfall."The improvements can be small, often just a per cent or two. But remember that the marathon world record holder Paul Tergat has won only two marathons, in each case by a second or less. In his world-record breaking marathon run in Berlin
the second-fastest marathon runner ever when he paced Paul Tergat to a world record of 2:04:55 in Berlin last year and finished just a second behind. Sadly, Abera pulled up before London's six-mile mark with an achilles injury, but there were still 18 runners
, who trimmed his PB down to 2:09:31. World record holder Paul Tergat could only finish eighth (2:11:38) while defending champion Evans Rutto, who finally lost his unbeaten record, was 10th (2:12:49).The second Brit home, Huw Lobb, made a big
, energy drink and a great Kikoy (an African sarong).What an event. It was as well organised as any of the best races in the UK, with a field included world marathon record holder Paul Tergat, and the UK's Ben Fogle. For the statisticians out there the half
(Ken)2:07:412Abderrahim Goumri (Mar)2:07:443Felix Limo (Ken)2:07:474Jaouad Gharib (Mar)2:07:545Hendrick Ramaala (RSA)2:07:566Paul Tergat (Ken)2:08:067Ryan Hall (USA)2:08:248Marilson Gomes (Bra)2:08:379Dan Robinson (Gbr)2:14:1410Andi Jones (Gbr)2
-like-magic method that helped propel Paul Tergat, the former marathon world record holder, to greatness. The secret? The tempo run – that faster-paced session also known as a lactate-threshold, LT or threshold run. One US-based coach championing this method
