and distance in the same session. It’s a classic ‘two for the price of one’ session, which works well for busy people. Just make sure you take it really easy the following day.—Adam Bean, RW USA Managing Editor

, the marathon seems nothing. However, you have to respect your body and allow it to get used to the idea gradually. Best of luck!—Bruce Tulloh, who took just 65 days to run across the USA in 1969

at a slower pace, rather than fewer at a faster tempo. A good rule of thumb devised in the USA is to train up to a heart rate calculated by taking your age from 180. So at 40 you train up to a HR of 140. If you have to walk occasionally to keep your HR

days!So, yes give spinning a go. It, and cycling in general, is an excellent way for runners to cross-train, but you must use this alternate exercise judiciously so as not to compromise your running training.—Hal Higdon, Senior Writer RW USA

the marathon, and have taken several weeks of rest to allow your body to recover, you can get back to more serious weight-lifting.—Hal Higdon, RW USA Senior Writer

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

OMO. I will run workshops and travel the land with a roadshow, mesmerising audiences in concert halls and sports stadiums with my Secret of Life. Today England, tomorrow the USA. After a raft of appearances on TV chat shows, I’ll top the bill

It's unlikely that your club will hire a gritter lorry if its Tartan track succumbs to black ice, but speedwork doesn't necessarily mean a track session. You can take some of your favourite track sessions on to the road. In general, this means running for time

:40:04, still the Hawaii record, after first swimming 2.4 miles and then cycling 112 miles.Always a strong runner, Allen had a lightbulb moment one year at the Cherry Blossom 10-Mile in Washington, D.C. in the USA. He was warming up, doing some strides, when he

’re using more calories than when you’re jogging for the same time,” says Jana Klauer, a weight-loss expert and research fellow at St Luke’s-Roosevelt Hospital in New York, USA. “This is because sustained high-aerobic activity creates added effort throughout