Following on from my running adventures I have recently joined a proper gym. I am currently going every morning at 7am for an hour before work. I row about 2000m, do about 1500m on the cross trainer, run 4000m then do 1000m on the hand bike. Its all quite tiring by my fitness level has gone through the roof already! I am starting weight training on tuesday once my personal trainer has programmed up my weight program in fitlinxx.
I would advise extra training, be it in a gym or road running etc, to anyone who isnt do anything extra yet!!
Yes! Never underestimate aerobic training. Many great Olympic atheletes (in all events) do a month of just aerobic before beginning sport specific training (at the beginning of a new Macrocycle).