, or it can be a couple of long weekends at home, if planned properly.I write this during my fourth training camp of the year, 7000ft up in the Pyrenees at Font Romeu. This is high level training in every sense of the world, as most of the group are preparing

be regarded as normal. For those who have to work and run, a good rule of thumb is, “One day off a week, one weekend off a month, and one month off a year”. If you have a planned training period of 8-10 weeks leading up to a big race, you can then carry

fit’ or ‘feeling better about yourself’. Write down specific goals, such as losing five pounds or entering a 10K, and chart a plan of progress towards it with short- and long-term targets. An reliable training partner is a good supplement to goal

, muscular, shaven-headed, reputed to run awesome distances in training. However, over 5000m I felt that I could beat him if I could hang on to him. I thought out different plans for the European 5000m to cover all eventualities; it turned out to be a slow