they take an awful lot out of your body and your recovery time will be compromised if you run them too fast. Running them slower than race pace allows your body to build endurance without exhausting yourself. Remember you have the shorter mid week runs

suggests if you're going to be exercising for 90 minutes or longer, you'll need some more of energy bar / drink / jellybaby.  There's a good piece in the Nutrition section from last month (I think). Also, the lucozade dedicated running site has advice

good WA. You're on a bit of a roll with that one eh? Keep it up. It can only get better!Scott - 24hrs max. The PSP22, and Electrolyte ones might last a little longer, but the Rego (protein recovery shake) goes off both in colour and in taste, so you

many times. My gut reaction is if you feel washed out its because your body is telling you its tired and if you caught a bug your immune system is low. When marathon training, your body needs lots of recovery and if you have a hectic lifestyle (kids

you suggest, it doubles the time and raises it to the power of 1.06, IIRC If I'm putting a half marathon into my marathon training then I'll run it as a full-on race and push as hard as I can.  Yes, you'll need some recovery time afterwards

) recovery run plus a 25 minute weights and core session. Tues- 30 mins weight and core session. 15-20 min HIT exercise bike training Wed 6-8 mile tempo run (7-7.30 min miles) or 30 minute interval sessions 60secs at 17 km/h and 60 secs at 9.6km/h Thurs

before midnight; athletes who are training hard need more. Ice your legs after running and cycling to reduce muscle inflammation and swelling.NutritionAnd don't neglect nutritional recovery. Many studies of overtrained endurance athletes show

performances. The diagnosis? Inadequate recovery.Like Hewison, most runners don't have a problem pushing themselves, but when you're focusing on building endurance and speed, it's easy to forget how important rest is. "It's when you're not running

it out before i go spending money on a huge barrel of the stuff!L Have a look at this from the EIS: http://www.eis2win.co.uk/gen/nutrition_makeshake130104.aspxThat's what I do but with 25 grams of skimmed milk powder. I also lob in some starwberry

was easily ready for a workout on Tuesday. To this day, I continue to use what I call The Runner's Ultimate Nutritional Recovery Routine after long runs and key workouts. I notice that I reduce the number of "bad" workouts where I just feel "off". I believe