Charlotte Thomas
Charlotte Thomas is a freelance journalist and health and fitness blogger at Lunges & Lycra. Her work has also appeared in HuffPost.
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If you’re willing to really push yourself to complete a half marathon in under 90 minutes, this is the training plan for you

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If you’re a regular runner who’s completed half marathons before, use this training plan to finish under 1hr 45min

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Plus, where beginners can test the open waters in the UK

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Mixing running and walking, this half marathon training plan is ideal for complete beginners

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If you can already run comfortably for 30 minutes, this 16-week plan will get you ready to complete a half marathon in 2hr 15min or less

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Use this 16-week half marathon training plan from running coach James Poole to break the two-hour barrier

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Find out what and when to eat before high-intensity, race pace and recovery runs – as well as races

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Walk it off – the weight, that is…

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We checked in with the challengers to see how their training is progressing

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Everyone starts somewhere. Here are three of our challengers’ surprising journeys to the Fitbit Fifty start line

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Meet the 12 successful applicants

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The work the rower put in to clinch her second Olympic gold medal with coxless partner Heather Stanning

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His victory was 12 years in the making

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Plus, Olympic training tips from the greats

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Training three times a day, plenty of three threes and in bed by 8pm – that’s how Kelly got a place on Team GB

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Training ten times a week and 30g of protein every three hours have paved Rowsell Shand's road to Rio

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The third man of Team GB’s triathlon team talks 30-hour training weeks and hurtling down Alpine passes at 80km/h

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How the English pool master is preparing his body for Rio

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With these 15 free fitness sessions, you just bring the calories and the determination

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Team GB hopeful Nathan Fox gives Coach a glimpse into how he’s preparing for Olympic selection

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Coach spoke to the mermen who have swum some of the great stretches of open water – Martin Strel and Lewis Pugh – to find out more about their experiences

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Olympian Mara Yamauchi’s tips for before, during and after the London Marathon
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