John Stafford, running expert at Bracknell Leisure Centre, home of Bodyworks gym, offers some tips on how to train for Bracknell Half Marathon on Sunday, April 27.

For a full list of John’s tips and his training schedule go to www.getbracknell.co.uk

* Most of the training for a half marathon is, not surprisingly, based on running.

However, it is a good idea to do some training for the upper and middle body areas as well, particularly the core area.

Your core is a link between the lower and upper body and helps to stabilise and co-ordinate movement.

A weak core will result in a lot of wasted energy as  the upper body will move around a lot more than necessary.

There  are lots of different exercises you can do and to find out more about these you could ask at your local gym.

* Another tip for preventing boredom is to vary the routes you use.

Using the same old routes over and over again can sometimes be psychologically demotivating; knowing that there’s a big hill just around the corner, for example.

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