February 2010
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Marathon wisdom part 4: interval training
Judging from those I spoke to at the London Marathon training event, most of you budding marathoners are managing to fit in at least one ‘quality’ session each week, in which you run faster than your proposed race pace. But what kind of faster training is the most beneficial for marathon running? If you are [...]
Marathon wisdom part 3: cross-training
Lots of budding marathoners include cross-training in their programmes - largely because many marathon training schedules tell them to. I’m all for cross-training, but you need to know what its purpose is in your schedule. Is it supposed to be a recovery session? (In which case, that intense Spinning class isn’t really fitting the bill…) [...]
Run strong
I’m running Edinburgh Marathon this year, instead of London, which I usually take part in. And this has lulled me into a false sense of security - I keep thinking ‘it’s not for ages yet…’ when it’s actually just 4 weeks after London. So I’ve finally got my finger out and started training properly. A [...]