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

harder sessions that Steve has planned – and I am hoping to post lots of stats on my thread.”Coach Steve Smythe says: “Well done to Colin on the third place – which might have been a sub-19:00 but he got bad directions from a marshal. The speed

comfortable under your belt as your first goal – easily reached goals are the way to go. Start off with 10 mins now, do that for a couple of weeks, than add 1 or 2 mins (or whatever you reckon) a week. You'll improve in leaps and bounds, way faster than you

the gym, where no one would see me collapse after single-digit press ups and pull ups. The running went better, though I found the 15 minutes at 10K pace rather monotonous. My heart rate climbed to 159, about 88 per cent of my maximum.The Progressive

. She completed her 2004 marathon, before she'd trained with an HRM, in 4:05. One year later she'd improved to 3:47, now boasts a best of 3:31 and is aiming to run under 3:15 at the Abingdon Marathon in Oxfordshire this October. "I've graduated from base

of 10 miles in January, 12-13 in February and 15 in March, while the sub-3:30 crowd should be doing regular runs of 15 miles in February and aiming to run 18-20 in their longest runs in March. As for the sub-three brigade, if you can make your five

Rest 5K t-trial run at estimated half-marathon pace 6M/10M/16M 17M/29M/48M WK 7 3M/4M/6M jog Rest/Rest/7-9M Tempo Run 4M/7M/10M steady Rest/4M/5M jog Rest 2M/5M/9M jog then 5K t-trial at just faster than marathon pace

started running about 18 months ago, initially to lose weight. I did my first 10K in September 08 in 55.32. I had a race today and finished in a PB of 43.31 - a full 12 minutes off my time in 13 months. If you join a club and stick with it you could

variations etc. There is also some calorie counting feature, but I've never bothered with it. – Man In BlackI don't see the need for all these hi-tech solutions. Since men take about 10 seconds to run 100m and women take about 11 seconds, then all you have

At a Glance Profile Nickname: Sue C Age: 36 Running for: 3 years No. of marathons: 2 PBs: 10K 43:00 Half-Marathon 1:37 Marathon 3