Mastering your pace during a half marathon or marathon is a fine art that takes practise in training and discipline on race day. Experienced multi-distance racer and Runners Need Clapham Junction Manager Mark Speed explains how we can train for our target marathon time and maintain pacing:
How to Get Fit Fast: Training for Your First Half or Full Marathon
We asked Women’s Running Editor-at-Large and author of Run Yourself Fit, Christina Macdonald, for her 10 top tips on how to get fit fast and to help you kick-start your training
If you’re poorly prepared for running in the summer heat, it can affect your performance and even cause overheating or dehydration. Here are our top tips for beating warm weather, whether you’re running your commute, squeezing lunchtime sessions into a busy working week or enjoying longer routes on the weekend:
ASICS Ambassador Luke Gunn is a four-time UK Steeplechase Champion and Commonwealth Fames representative who has competed with elite runners for over a decade. Here, Luke explains how the right running shoes, cross-trainig, and the correct recovery allows him to train harder whilst minimising the risk of injuries.
Staying in the UK this summer, we look at running routes that are just as fun as famous global ones, ideal for beginners and experienced runners alike.
If you were watching the London marathon and wishing that you were you running it yourself, then you are certainly not alone. Each year up and down the land, you will hear choruses of ‘definitely next year!’ Well if you haven’t competed in a marathon before, there are many little pieces of useful information that you won’t have even considered that will help you keep that mammoth promise. They can be the difference between finishing and not finishing. There are many myths out there, so it is up to you to discover what suits you. Unfortunately, it’s all a bit trial and error to run the perfect marathon.
