From nervous first-timers to injury-frustrated veterans, self-confessed plodders to sub-1:25 hopefuls, over the last few months our six Bupa Great North Run hopefuls have been sharing all their training highs and lows right here online

had a thorough and accurate diagnosis, an injured runner's biggest stumbling block is uncertainty. "You need a clear, step-by-step plan for getting back into training," says Thompson. Try to get a race place deferred to next year, giving you something

his athletes to make a plan of their intended weekly training and then increase mileage or intensity only every third or fourth week.For example, if your current mileage is 20 miles a week and you’re aiming to build that up to 40 miles, add five

more to the marathon than just doing the training, both in terms of nutrition and planning. It’s like there’s a whole other side to running that I didn’t realise was there until I got involved. I feel such a huge sense of achievement that I finished

UAN: 146 Article type:--Your weeks are getting tougher. The responsibilities at home and work are mounting, and you’re beginning to think you’ll never achieve your dream of getting fit. Your only chance to train is at lunchtime or before breakfast

-month training plan may not sound simple, but it only takes an hour or two, and once it's done you won't have to worry about it for another four months. Work backwards from your goal, and plot out each week's work-outs one by one, including long runs, speed

degree of brutality, or a rich enough incentive, will the human body grudgingly do what you ask of it This is my theory, anyway, developed in Jordan. And I plan to prove it on May 26, when I will run 145 miles, from Birmingham to London, along the Grand

The arrival of winter, especially once the clocks go back on the last Sunday in October, can be bad news for runners. The rigorous training regime you established during the summer becomes a distant memory as the cold, wet weather dampens your

The ASICS Target 26.2 team have hit the ground running since the start of their training schedules on December 26. Before the hard work started, our five Paris Marathon contenders met in London to gear up for the training ahead. With them were

might expect. Heart rate monitors are really good for base training and will give you instant visual feedback on whether you're training at the most useful level or not... which is often amazingly slow. – Dave CochraneSet a targetEnter a race. You know