marathon is to ‘get round’. In the back of my mind I like to think about ‘getting round’ in around five hours. By five hours I mean five hours as recorded on my watch, not the official clock."Training for the Antarctica Marathon..."Eager for a new challenge
05.00.50Small Marathon Robin Hood Marathon 11th September 2005 1204 06:23:27Medium Marathon Edinburgh Marathon 12th June 2005 4419 08:45:00Large Marathon Flora London Marathon 17th April 2005 35260 10:06:32Large 5K: Race for Life’s press office says
for the marathon in 1999. He and I ran the same marathon in Chicago on the same course on the same day. He finished in 2:05:42. I finished in just over 5:30:00. In fact, I heard the announcement that he had set the worlds record as I was approaching mile 11
right away. I started running in 1979 and finished my first marathon only a year later. In my first three years of running, I did seven marathons. I never even ran a half-marathon until 1982. Luckily, I didn’t get injured. But if I had concentrated
with 10 minutes of very easy running and walking. Stretch gently for a few minutes and mix in four or five 100m strides (at 90 per cent of maximum speed) to get you ready for the upcoming effort. To keep your heart rate up, move around or jog on the spot
heart rate to drop before beginning the next repetition. Your recovery target should be less than 80 per cent of your WHR.Suggested sessionJog for 10 minutes, then run three repetitions of 1.5 miles at about 85-90 per cent of WHR. Rest three minutes
run and how far/for how long you ran, and take pride in watching those numbers build up. (Or feel guilty when they don't! That'll get you out.) Keep at it Some runners win gold medals and set world records, but no runner has ever done every workout he
At the last count, 132,000 runners had posted 1.6 million messages between them on the Runner's World forum. That's a ton of useful tips!Our readers already helped us pick out some of the best threads (or 'conversations'). Now we've gone a step
:48 and on that day I passed through the half at 1:47 and 25km at 2:09, which was also a PB. I think it works better for longer distances - I've done sub four minutes for 1K and 23 mins for 5K but never dipped under 48 for 10K. I can run fast for short distances
