age – solidly middle-aged – are always running in the past tense. The best days are behind them, as are their PBs. Every conversation is a trip down memory lane. They wax nostalgic about 10 or 20 years ago when times were faster, waists thinner

, straight, chalk swathe across the landscape, lined with hawthorn and sloe – a Neolithic motorway, now as quiet as the graves of the Iron Age engineers who conceived it.Apparently it’s the oldest road in Northern Europe. As Northern Europe’s oldest runner

ages and abilities.Despite competition from another long-standing local club, Poole Runners’ plethora of qualified coaches and its willingness to throw out the welcome mat to new runners has seen membership grow to nearly 350. They range from aged

: to take part in the inaugural Greenlight Round the Rock you'll need to have completed a marathon and be over the age of 21. Enter online now.Babcock Helensburgh Half-Marathon (Argyll and Bute, August 7)Head to the west of Scotland for a fast club run

's and they beat faster. The traditional, easy way of calculating maximum heart rate (MHR) is the formula '220 minus your age'. For women this is closer to '226 minus your age', but it's still a simplistic formula so it may be worth your while using professional

are smaller than men's and they beat faster. The traditional, easy way of calculating maximum heart rate (MHR) is the formula '220 minus your age'. For women this is closer to '226 minus your age', but it's still a simplistic formula so it may be worth

shrinks as we age,” he says. In a recent study reported in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS), older adults who exercised regularly increased the volume of their hippocampus – the region of our brains linked to learning and memory

should be: accessible to all ages and all abilities; a pillar of the local running and social community; and successful across a range of competitions and age groups.We want you to help us find the successor to Poole Runners. We are looking for clubs

," Marrs explains. Genetics, ethnicity and age (over time, some people's lactase levels decline) can influence the ability to produce lactase. But Marrs cautions against eliminating dairy from your diet. "When you cut out entire food groups, you're limiting

My name is James Lee Davies, I am 29 years of age and live in Llanelli, Wales.At the age of 23 I had a seizure immediately after a 10K run. Following medical attention at my local hospital, an MRI scan revealed I had a brain tumour