Amby Burfoot is Executive Editor of Runner's World USA, and the 1968 Boston Marathon winner Imagine that there was an exercise programme that could guarantee to get you in shape with only three identical 30-minute exercise sessions per week. I

money? Basic Models "Basic HRMs let you set limits and control heart rate intensity for individual training sessions, record exercise duration, calculate calories burnt and record the time spent in and above your set heart-rate zone

sessions and races.Indoor HillsIf you are reading this in Lincolnshire or Holland, don’t worry, you can make your own hills with a treadmill. Again, warm up with 10 minutes of easy running, then set the treadmill to a one per cent gradient and the speed

psychologist, Dr Darren Treasure, who works alongside us. We use the guys who worked with Michael Johnson to analyse my running technique in track sessions. We focus on every aspect of performance to improve my running - that's the biggest difference from how I

is the enormous variation between individuals, especially in factors such as maximum heart rate (MHR). I assume that you are using the term ‘threshold’ to refer to the lactate accumulation threshold. Using heart rate to control threshold sessions carries two big

people so you motivate each other. Do a road or cross-country race and use the treadmills together at your local gym. Join a tri club and use the sessions and advice on offer." - Tim Don "Tell yourself that training in the miserable winter makes you a

Plan A Spend 40 minutes on the treadmill (five minute warm-up, 25 minutes going up the hill pyramid and 10 minutes going down). Then do three sets of 10 to 15 repetitions of the following moves, which use rubber or elastic band, a weighted ball

, circuit training, flexibility work, plus some fast running on the treadmill. Oxygen intake sessions and/or hill training outdoors.March-May: Start to phase out some of the gym work and replace it with a combination of sprint drills and short, fast running

, but metaphorically speaking I’ve been there, done that, cut the cord and got the baby to prove it.First Trimester (0-3 months)I began my nine months with grand claims of, “Oh, nothing will stop me running. My baby will be born on a treadmill”. I’d sneak condescending

long race, one of the best sessions to do within a few days is a short spin on the turbo," says coach Rick Kiddle (www.rickkiddle.com). "Do 20 minutes and don't worry about your heart rate. Then stretch and follow this up with a swim later in the day