Giggs prefers pre-season life in the slow lane

Ryan Giggs, the most decorated player in Manchester United's history, admits pre-season training remains a chore. The 34-year-old winger finds the sprints the toughest task of all as the double winners get back to work at United's Carrington base. "Long distance running gets easier as you get older,'' said Giggs. "It is just the quicker stuff that is quite hard. "We started by seeing where our fitness is at and the treadmill test is quite hard. "That will start to build things up. I'm not really looking forward to it but when you've done it all before, you just use your experience to get through it.'' Giggs, back from a break in Portugal, is still savouring United's triumphant campaign last season when they retained the Premier League title and won the Champions League. He marked a record-breaking 759th appearance for the... [read full story]