The London Marathon organisers have spent £150,000 on flights to ensure that sufficient elite runners are at the start on Sunday.  Is this money well spent? I'd read that it was the athletes agents that had hired a private jet to get them

, will it guarantee me a place for FLM 2008? Or have a dreamt the whole thing up?! Correct. Depends on age and gender, but 3 hours for young chaps and 3:45 for young lasses. It's all on the FLM website. Those times are Good For Age times, not sure of the elite time

Why is that elite men who lead in marathons eat so little? The majority of marathon runners require extra calories, yet from what I have read the Kenyans seem to have a very small appetites. I was also wondering if the elite runners take in carbs

In the GNR the elite men start from the front, does anyone know the qualfication time that they have to meet to become an elite runner? Fast!:o) An obnoxious term IMHO.Dont mind anyone being faster than me or being more dedicated when it comes

I wonder whether there are a lot of elite long distance runners who run with either orthotics and/or corrective footwear (stability or motion control shoes), either on training or during races. Or is this something that only amateur runners (think

So there's a debate on whether Paula Radcliffe should be paced by men.I diagree with pace makers,elite runners don't need them, they know what pace is required for records and they're paid enough appearance money.In several races the pace makers

Is it legal for elite runners to carry energy drinks/gels/bars around during a race?I used gels in the New York Marathon 2hr 43(not quite elite i know) and am planning to do some half marathons 1hr 10 to 1hr 15 hopefully, and a british marathon

are pose runners. but most of them have come to running late and wouldn't be quite in the same league as elite distance runners. Now I may well get a flame grilling for this but; while there may well be elite runners who are natural forefoot strikers, I can

Read a collection of blog posts from Craig Pickering on the diet of an elite level 100m runner.http://www.vincosport.com/articles/diet-elite-level-100m-runner

We really need to encourage more people to enter our Elite Race. We have the same problem every year, some runners who are close to the cut off 20 min for males and 25 for females (5K) who enter the Fun Run, because they would rather come close