Steve has run more than 60 marathons, holds a PB of 2:29, and has also won a British marathon title in his age group. This is his 35th successive year of preparing for a marathon and for the last five years, he's run a series of consistent times

then should you try adding extra runs on other days – and never double up on more than four days a week. And remember, back off if your pace drops or you start to feel unduly tired or sore.—Steve Smythe, RW Race Services Editor, runner for 30 years

Standfirst: In-depth one-month mile trainingAuthor: Sean Fishpool and Steve SmythePics:Issue date: aug01Keywords:-->What better way to celebrate summer than to shrug off long mileage and concentrate on pure running pleasure for a month? Picture this

that target for another a year or so.—Steve Smythe, RW Race Services Editor, coach and runner for 32 years

Standfirst: Author: Steve SmythePics:Issue date: Jul-Sep01Keywords: uan106-->The half-marathon is Britain’s most popular race distance, usually representing around 10 of the top 20 races in Runner’s World’s Races of the Year. The event requires a

GETTY IMAGES Q. What single aspect of training would help me run a faster marathon? Intervals, tempo sessions or more miles? Johnny BlazeA. Unfortunately, it's just not that simple. Making

UAN: 172 Article type:-->An entertaining way to train at a variable pace is to run a pyramid session, so called because the distances go up to a peak and then come back down. Try the following, doing all the reps from left to right to make a single

marathoners should include it in their training regime. Speed work-outs (or ‘intervals’) aren’t easy, and if you want to succeed you have to run out of your normal comfort zone, but working hard over a range of distances will yield improved results in your

speed over the distances you like to race. You will also increase your anaerobic, or lactate, threshold, which will allow you to hold your new found faster pace for longer.—Steve Smythe, RW Race Services Editor, coach and a runner for 30 years

Goal: 1:35 Current PB: 1:36:59 View Catherine's Profile | Catherine's Training Thread Here's what lies in store for Catherine over the course of her 1:35 Bupa Great North Run campaign...Pace indications are given in brackets. For example "90