Running with Rob (Week 2) - How to keep training fresh

The countdown to the Irish Examiner Cork City Marathon is now at seven weeks and most people will be into the full swing of their training regimes.

There are thousands of training plans out there for different types of runners, times and distances. The vast majority of these are great and can be found with a quick Google search.

The only problem with plans and schedules is that people tend to stick to them rigidly and feel that they have failed in some way if they miss a session or fall a little bit behind.