, what you ate, the weather and even your general mood before, during and after each run," adds Wood. "It'll help you identify patterns and the cause and effect of good and bad runs." And training logs don't have a ‘use by' date. "I have all my training

, swimming, and weight lifting are great most of the year, as part of low-key training months when your main goals are general fitness and injury prevention, but the heavy training month before a big race needs to be a month of living a little dangerously

swim because I like gliding through the water free of the weight of my body and finding a peace in the rhythm and flow of exertion.I do triathlon because I have a credit card. bos1 Join the thread No thanks... Race Number Swap-Shop A man and a

Hard Training Q&AsTRAINING GENERAL• Do I need to take an "easy week" when my average mileage isn’t that high? • Should you try and break through ‘the wall’ in training? • Is it just the cold weather, or am I getting fitter? • How do I overcome

explains why runners get higher than cyclists, swimmers, and those who simply stroll around the block. Cyclists and swimmers don’t support their own body weight while exercising; walking isn’t very intense. In other words, these activities don’t produce

pedal pushing, but from a lean frame. If you carry too much weight, gravity pulls you backward. A Kenyan 10,000m runner on a bike might perform quite well in the Pyrenees, but the same Kenyan would be crushed in the time trials, which demand brute power

’s quicker to do that than choke myself on the water and lose more time that way. – cougieMaster the make-a-spout techniqueIf I get a cup of water in a race, I generally tip out half of it, squeeze the cup in the middle to make a spout, sip a couple

? (grasshopper1)Strength training with free weights, the Swiss ball for core stability, different types of stretch and stability exercises – all those are twice a week. And I try to fit in some time on a Nordic ski machine, elliptical trainer or aqua jogger

I've been quite lucky. The only injury I've had was in Jan 2000, which stopped my running for four months. I had physio and an extensive weights programme, and the recommended stretching exercises are now a regular part of my routine. Since then I

of the diaphragm. The reason it happens on the right-hand side is the heavier weight of the organs attached on that side. What happens is that you get into a rhythmn of breathing out as the right foot hits the ground, which increases the load on the diaphragm