Everyone should try a training camp a couple of times a year – look what it does for Paula Radcliffe! It can give you a huge leap in fitness and a great boost to your morale. It can be two weeks in the mountains, or a week on some sandy beaches, or it can be a couple of long week...

, which I achieved aged just 28. From there, it was all about setting myself more goals. "I've got three moments that I'm very proud of. Running the most marathons in a year (87) is one - I had to fit the project around work; it was intense. I travelled

MARATHONSnowdonia advertise themselves as the toughest in Europe - I saw a sign in North Wales a couple of years ago saying that! But it's not even the toughest in the UK. Langdale, Isle of Wight and the Ginsters Cornish Marathon are tougher. – SHADESI am looking