’t get my legs to go fast enough in speed work • Should I squeeze in some more speed work? • How long should my longest run be? • Threshold runs - how fast?• Pyramids/mixed-distance speedwork• How often would you include a 'long run' in your training

're improving. Finding Your Threshold Heart Rate Make sure your threshold sessions are hitting the right note with this method for finding your threshold heart rate. How To Use A Heart Rate Monitor For Threshold Sessions Judging your speed can be hard

set off on marathon day. After a few runs at this pace, make a note of your target heart rate as you’ll really need to stick to your guns in the first few miles of the marathon and avoid getting caught in a rush.Threshold (THR), or Brisk – around your

else got in my photo! The amount of stuff I’ve learnt over the past few months is mind-blowing. My training is completely different to how it would have been before. I have proper structure and I’ve even discovered I quite like running at threshold. I

focused with my preparation – I made sure I did my regular long, slow runs, and I made a point of doing threshold runs, building up from 25 minutes to 35 or 45 minutes near 10-mile pace. I knew it was going to be hard work, and I just prepared myself

of Runner's World just like you. If you want to bring a discussion back to life, don't be shy: just add a new message at the end of it. Alternatively, start a new thread on the training forum. TRAINING: GENERALGeneralCross-country and trail running - how

faster. One runner with a whistle can help everyone turn together.Threshold sessions - sessions of just one or two longer reps - help you sustain faster paces for longer. Try a 10 minute jog, then 10 minutes at a steady, brisk pace, then 10 minutes jog

've learnt to be more flexible. On a good note, I'm seeing Threshold Tuesdays in a new light. It's re-assuring to know I'm not alone during a hard session - I now envisage runners all over the UK diving into their schedules, feeling the pain, using

):Steady - a comfortable, but purposeful, pace. : Brisk (or Threshold (THR)) - around your target pace (87-91% MHR).: Fast-10K - 90-94%:Fast-5K - 93-97% MHR:Fast-above-5K:--If none of this still looks right, try a different schedule--Enter your race

in the morning; it's not fast enough'. In reality, the ability to be a world-class marathon runner does in part depend on being able to absorb the training over two or three years. I don't know of any elite marathon runner who doesn't average around 100 miles a