I am aiming for Sub 4 hours. The Runners World schedule has the longer run at 15 miles for this week( I do my long runs on Saturday). I think this is too long. Is 8-10 miles a better distance??Help required as I am about to go to bed. Nick, I'd go

Hi, I am quite paranoid and worried about a niggling injury I picked up last week. I am training for my first marathon, VLM and everything is going to plan. As I had a cough last Sunday I decided to do my long run, 13m, indoors on a treadmill.  I

and quantity of my long runs. As a guide I ran a 1:31 half marathon pb 4 weeks before my 4:17 marathon, and felt like I could have gone faster. I've signed up for my next marathon on June 23rd to try and turn around this downward trend and I want to get as many

It's easy enough to play a song that pumps you up for a few minutes, but conceiving a playlist to propel you through an entire run is a trickier matter, especially when you're going long. "You're building a jigsaw," says Steve Boyett, DJ

Hi I'm running London in 3 weeks and would like some advice on my training. My long runs consist of 12, 10, 14, 16, 13, 11, 19, 14 My last long run was meant to be 21 but due to a knee pain I cut it to 14. I've been resting my knee since last

Hi there. Looking for a bit of advice really. My training plan for a half marathon on 23rd Sept was rudely interrupted by my work schedule last week and caused me to miss my last long run before my race. With work being as nuts as it is, I'm going

to see what sort of time i could ahieve.Then I got a bit too enthusiastic and ended up with shin splints, although the physio thought the problem was more muscular that stress fractures - thank goodness.I had planned to do a long run last weekend

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Long runs and the right pace (I apologise if there has been loads of these threads)?I have been targetting 4 hour marathon, so 9min miles gets me just under. That is the pace I have been doing my long runs - only done 14 miles so far as a long run

Morning all,Curious to know how far others run for their long run when there is no imediate race ahead,I was thinking of keeping mine to about 10miles and just wondered what others do?  Morning Slimline chipsMy standards are:Short - upto 5 miles