ASICS Target 26.2 is our flagship spring marathon project, preparing a crack team of runners for the Paris Marathon in April 2012.

With just five spots in the team, it's a truly elite marathon training and racing experience. In the run up to their VIP Paris Marathon experience, the Target 26.2 runners will benefit from expert coaching, physio, nutrition and sports psychology advice, as well as being kitted out head to toe in the latest ASICS kit.

But it's not just the Target 26.2 team who'll benefit - you too can enjoy advice from top coaches Steve Smythe and Sam Murphy, the expertise of the ASICS PRO Team and more via runnersworld.co.uk.

For all sixteen weeks of their marathon training, the five members of the Target 26.2 team will be recording all their training trials and triumphs live in the forums - click through a picture below to get started!