Personal Trainer Top Tips

Jayson Lee, Cannon’s personal trainer, top tips: 1. Routine. Its close to race time and if you have been lucky enough to avoid lapses or injury, it's now time to concentrate for the big day. Get into the habit of simplifying your daily routine

Galloping ahead

I couldn’t exactly say my preparation for running the London Marathon has been smooth, or glitch-free, writes Will DaviesFor starters, I embarked on this fool’s mission with a hamstring in spasm, muscles lying dormant and a gut too large for someone my

Ice man cometh

I am convinced I did something horribly wrong in a past life, writes Will Davies. I am not even sure if I believe in karma, or comeuppance, or whatever you’d like to call it, but regardless I have hit a strain of bad luck which is blighting my training

March 18

By Nadia Sam-Daliri. ACCORDING to the first and only Flora London Marathon magazine to slip through my letterbox since I signed up to this colossal undertaking, I should now be in my last week of training.The body needs to rest now, prepare itself for

Only a month to go

By Alex Wellman. ONLY a month to go and the finishing line of training is in sight. Having tried dips, thrusts, martial arts and even a Nintendo Wii it is safe to say that nothing is better than simple running. Knowing a wedding had to be attended

March 11

By Nadia Sam-Daliri. RUNNING constantly has become a bit monotonous so having access to a great personal trainer at Cannons, Jayson Lee, has been a god-send these past few weeks.Jayson originally took me through lunges, squats and weights and however

Boxing fit

A month ago, the prospect of running 26.2 miles looked bleak writes Will Davies. I hadn’t trained for over six weeks due to a torn hamstring, and had just returned from South Africa boasting a bloated belly full of beer and steak. Having run in the race

The road is getting swifter

WHAT is more frightening than competing in the Flora London Marathon writes Alex Wellman?Sitting on your behind eating a packet of crisps realising there is little more than 10 weeks until you have to run it.This was the reality that dawned on me as I

March 4

By Nadia Sam-Daliri. AFTER a hard week, a bottle of wine on Friday was indispensableThe ensuing power nap on the slog home resulted in me missing my tube station by three stops and stumbling onto a not-in-service bus, whose driver sympathized with my

SEVEN WEEKS TO GO!

Team Times is looking forward to the sun to accompany longer, winter runsA couple of weeks back the weather was getting slightly warmer, there were flickers of sunlight creeping through those grey clouds and running outside was actually, dare I say

February 26

by Nadia Sam-Daliri. Getting expert advice from Jayson not only spurred me on a bit but reassured me in my training as, I’m not going to lie, exercise was never exactly my forte before signing up for the Flora London Marathon. Having a trainer ask you