PAUL LARKINS
Over the years both as an international athlete in the late 80s and more recently as a coach Paul has found traning is all about catering to individual needs and recognising when they have changed. As Tom Evans identifies, he had to set himself all sorts of mini goals on the way to a major target, adapting as he went thanks to that nasty sounding injury. But that’s why he’s so successful. With Paul’s groups, like Tom, he’s found it’s great to change direction occasionally to get the most from your training.
PAUL HALFORD
After 25 years of running, Paul admits he should know better about prevention being a thousand times better than a cure when it comes to injury. For example, he’ll start stretching when he is injured, which is of course too late. To that end, he’s trying to incorporate more strength, conditioning and crosstraining in his regime. Trying to run 70-plus miles per week as a veteran runner is a recipe for injury, so strength training in particular is something he is going to work on.
It’s particularly important as you get older.
LIAM DEE
After a few years in the relative doldrums – running close to but not under – Liam has returned to form with a sub fourminute mile indoors in the USA this winter. He mixes off-road running with intense track work to create a training programme that best utlises his strengths. Liam has now turned his talent to team coaching a
