Posted By Joe on April 16, 2012

With just under 2 weeks to go until the start of the 2012 Virgin London Marathon, Laneone went to film the third of our 3 marathon boys, Alex Hains, complete his final marathon workout before the race. Alex will be running a 2mile tempo, followed by 6x800m reps, and a final 1mile tempo.

 
After completing some great weeks of training early in his buildup, Alex went to run the Trafford 10k and posted a PB of 29.34 in finishing 3rd. However, soon after this, he had to miss a big block of training with tightness in his back, during which time he could barely run, and certainly couldn’t run fast. A trip to see physio Mark Buckingham got him back on the road again, but he has missed some of the longer workouts he would have liked. Alex is philosophical about the missed time, and say’s his attitude towards the race hasn’t changed. Former Butler University 5000m runner Tommy Davies joins him for this workout.

You can view other episodes in our Road2London series here.

 
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Posted By Joe on April 10, 2012

With around 3 weeks to go until the Virgin London Marathon, Laneone went to film John Beattie and Luke Cragg complete their final long workout before the race. After running 10x1mile in around 4:40, the boys have since tackled 8x3000m on the track in the week, and now head to the Cloud Trail.

With miles of unbroken trails perfect for tempo running, the Cload Trail is the perfect place to take on the biggest workout of the cycle. The tempo will include 4 6-mile stints; one at 5:45, one at 5:30, one at 5:05, and a final one back at 5:45 again. That’s the plan, anyway. This is the closest the two will come to running hard over marathon distance until race day, and will give them a much clearer idea of what kind of shape they are in with just 3 weeks to go (filmed last week).

You can see other episodes in our Road2London series here.

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Posted By Joe on March 27, 2012

With 4 weeks to go until the London Marathon, Laneone went to film two of our Road2London trio, John Beattie and Luke Cragg, tackle 10x1mile. With a target time of 4.40/mile, off a lap’s jog recovery, this would be a stern test of the boys’ fitness coming into the final phase of training.

Since we last spoke, Beattie and Cragg have negotiated a 20 mile race up in Hull, where they finished first and second. Beattie ran 1:45:17, an average of around 5:15/mile, whislt Cragg went through 19 miles in close to 1:40, around 5:15/mile, before easing down the last mile for his cool down. Pretty good going with 5 weeks to go.

The two are back on the short stuff today though, with three more hard weeks ahead of them. Upcoming workouts include 8x3k off 1k recovery, an 5x5k, as well as at least one more hard long run. Stay tuned to Laneone.org over the next few weeks – you know we’ll keep you posted.

You can see other episodes in our Road2London series here.

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Posted By Joe on March 22, 2012

John Beattie is the third of the three athletes Laneone will be following over the next few weeks in the buildup to the London Marathon. Unlike Luke Cragg and Alex Hains, he has raced over the marathon distance before, so knows a little more what to expect having run New York last Autumn.

Like Cragg and Hains, Beattie obtained a scholarship to the United States, where he went and competed for Tulsa University in Oklahoma. He saw a great improvement in his track PBs whilst there, lowering his 5000m PB to 13.42, and his 10000m PB to 28.32 during a stellar 2010. He finished 29^th at the NCA Cross Country championships to earn All American recognition, and competed at the NCAA Outdoor Track and field Championships twice, placing 10^th in the 10000m both times.

Beattie stepped up to the Marathon distance for the first time last autumn, running 2:23 in New York after suffering with cramp in his calves in the second half of the race. He has already been racing well since, however, most recently placing third at the English National Cross Country championships. He talks to Laneone about his prep, how he is handling working a job and fitting in training, and getting advice from legendary Italian coach Renato Canova, the man behind Saif Saeed Shaheen, Nicholas Kemboi, Abel Kirui and Imane Merga, to name just a few.

Tune in soon for updates on how the three are getting on.

You can see our Alex Hains interview here, and Luke Cragg interview here.

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