Gesundheit! Now's the time when everyone seems to be coughing and sneezing. The common cold strikes most adults two to four times a year, each bout lasting between five and 14 days. But can you run with a scratchy throat and runny nose? Here's a
train harder than is beneficial, and when you're recovering from a break, it's even more important to stay within your limits. Here, an HRM comes into its own, and though there are differences between injury and illness, the same principles apply.If you
to follow your current schedule. If you couldnt race or have missed training through illness and injury: While this is the most important part of the schedule, dont run through illness or injury and be sensible when you resume training. If you have missed
to London for the Marathon in April when the ash cloud descended. I have had a couple of niggles when I've had to cross train for a few days, but that's quite normal. It's rare that I'll manage every single run I had planned. I think it's unlikely I'll run a
into the schedule. This'll give me a good idea of my progress, and I'll hopefully be able to judge the likelihood of reaching my goal. Who knows, I could even crack it on this attempt (ruining this blog and annoying my editor Alice)!When I got back into running
'll get there. In training I usually break it down into 20-minute blocks. No matter how hard you go, 20 minutes is 20 minutes. You have to have a bit of a sadistic mind to put yourself through all that I suppose. There are some days when morale just isn
when I did well two years ago, so the signs are good. Hopefully I can keep healthy and carry on improving until 2012.Where are you competing this year?I'm competing indoors in January and February and then I'll take it from there. [Jeanette won
, summed up the challenge neatly when he said: "The greatest attraction I can see of the Marathon des Sables is that it squeezes a lifetime of adventure into just one week."Check back here every day for a race update. I'll cover what sweets survive desert
on the wrong train, then on the M40 got stuck because of an accident. So it was quite a long day. I did the FLM in 2000 - when it felt brilliant and I loved it. Are ther really that many more runners - or what, because this time it felt very definately more
DONT begin a running programme until youve had a full medical check-up if youre over 40, significantly overweight, have been seriously ill in the past year or have a family history of heart disease.DO tell someone where youll be running and when
