Now most of us are very unlikely to challenge the world’s best marathon runners in the next year or two. OK, maybe never. Their running exploits might seem a million miles away from us lesser mortals. They are like us, just flesh and blood, only more finely tuned! And equally, your training regime will never be quite as punishing or demanding as that required to challenge at the very highest level, let alone compete with the best male and female marathon runners in the business. But training a little bit like marathon winners such as Paula Radcliffe, Haile Gabrselassie or Mara Yamauchi may not be as silly as it sounds. What unite these great athletes are their dedication and commitment. They set clear, achievable goals, and use patience, planning, and progression as their guides. We can use these important principles for your own training and reap the rewards on race day
So we might never be elite, but we can have elite style thinking, and that means gaining insights and taking tips from those who are working at the edge of what is possible and working them into our programmes.
Athlete’s websites gives us a peak into their strange and bizarre world of eating, training, sleeping, eating, training – you get the picture. One of the better websites is that of Mara Yamauchi, one of Britain’s best female marathon runners and recent winner in the Osaka marathon.
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