of the marathon as a training run. His travel schedule is so constant that his races often serve as training and vice versa. Moving at the Penguins pace, the line between training and racing, running and walking often blurs. Bingham often searches for a new
, but no less rewarding, and there's far less chance of a demoralising failure on the big day. Follow a schedule and you'll have a structured programme to give your training shape and purpose, and after the race, you'll be all the more eager to pick your next
left. I've come to appreciate the effect that my running has on the little one. She sees exercise as something people do and sees the training effort before the races. She also sees me never win but always look happy. It's a great incentive. Running
diary with "training" written on the front will do). Fill it in every day, even if you fill in "nothing". See full threadAim for a raceCougie - Whatever your aim is, try and pick a run that you want to do in the future. Then you'll have a goal to focus
either.Tip from the trenches: "Pregnancy is not a time to break records, of course, or even to boost your training," says Julie Colliton, a GP and runner, who's currently pregnant with her first child and runs about 28 miles a week. "It's a time to listen
kit bag and wanted 'to help save my legs for the race', continued with the Tube driver wishing all the runners all the very best of luck, and continued all day.”Richard Sanders sums up the pre-race atmosphere at Greenwich: “For those uninitiated
