Marathon Consultancy

What are the three most daunting aspects of committing yourself to a half or full marathon?

Anyone who is considering undertaking such a challenging event will say their 3 main concerns are:

• Lack of knowledge
• Fear of failure
• Contracting an injury

With marathon consultancy, all three of these concerns are put to rest by providing you with a training plan to suit you, your lifestyle and your running goals. Whether you simply want to get round the course without walking or finish a marathon in less than 3:30hrs a marathon consultancy will take you from your first step to your last.

With email support 7 days a week, you are in constant communication with a consultant who will advise you on the best training sessions to under take on a weekly basis to help you stay on track for your running goal.

With the luxury of regular professional advice, you are invited to ask any questions you have about training, race information, nutrition or injury to put your mind at rest that all of your training anxieties are taken care of.

Alternatively, if all you need is some to help spice up your running routine, you can always download a selection of PDF files on the download page. These running sessions are easy to follow, fully adaptable to any level of ability and will help to significantly improve you running fitness. Find out more about running and nutrition downloads.

More and more people in training for marathons are discovering that a Marathon Consultancy is the perfect way to prepare for a race. By leaving all aspects of your training and nutritional requirements to a professional, you can have piece of mind that whatever life throws at you, your training programme will be constantly altered to ensure you stay on track to start the race well prepared and raring to go.

Ideal for professionals and those with time consuming family commitments, you will receive regular e-mails throughout your training, providing you with all the nutritional and running advice that you need to keep your training on track.

Adjusted weekly to fit in around your life, the length and intensity of training runs are constantly altered to take into account missed or substandard sessions. By fitting training in around you rather than you fitting around the training, you will find that every run is not only more enjoyable but so much more effective. Just a few of the benefits of a Marathon Consultancy include:

• A Personalised training programme
• Detailed nutritional advice for training and race day
• Email support 7 days a week
• Instant on-line advice via msn messenger or Skype
• Injury advice – diagnosis and treatment

Although conventional training guides and generic training timetables such as the ones found in books and on the internet may suit some people, they do not make allowances for missed sessions or your own unique running ability.

The reality, as anyone who has competed in an endurance event will tell you, is that training rarely goes to plan. Once a few runs are missed and you try to play "catch up", it can lead to over training and an increased risk of injury.

By adjusting your training every week to take into account your fitness improvements and lifestyle, marathon consultancy ensures that the correct training intensity is followed in the build up to the race.

The individual nutritional needs are also rarely addressed in books and training guides. Even though pasta is a good fuel source for long distance running, recommending a runner to eat it if they have gluten intolerance is a recipe for disaster. By finding out what you enjoy to eat and what you are able to tolerate, through marathon consultancy you will advised not only how much you should be eating, but also how much at the various stages of your race preparation.

As the author of over 10 Charity running guides and a marathon training book due for release in the Spring of 2007, marathonconsultancy.co.uk founder Graeme Hilditch is ideally placed to help you achieve your marathon goal. Thousands of runners have already successfully completed a half or full marathon with the training advice of Marathon Consultancy – now it's your turn!

For a more comprehensive service, you can arrange for a marathon consultant to come to your home or office where you will receive a one-to-one consultancy.

Time will be spent assessing and advising you on how to approach your chosen event. Whether you intend to run fast or just get round, you will be provided with all the information required to meet your specific goal.

During the Consultation, the following assessments and advice will be provided:

• Analysis of your Running Gait
• Analysis of your heart and lung efficiency
• Personalised training schedule
• Personalised dietary advice and explanation of the importance of nutrition
• Simple explanation of running physiology so you can understand more about how running affects your body
• How to avoid common running injuries

If you would like to know more about how a Marathon consultancy could help you, please feel free to drop us an e-mail to info@marathonconsultancy.co.uk