responded to a request placed by us on the forums earlier this year. We wanted beginner runners who were willing to take on a massive challenge – to get from virtually nothing to 26.2 miles in time for the 2004 Flora London Marathon.Over the coming months
This section is adapted from No Need For Speed - A Beginner's Guide To The Joy Of Running, by John Bingham. Buy this book!You may be uncomfortable hearing that no one can tell you what your fitness goals should be. No one can tell you how much
convinced that I was going to seriously hurt myself. As I continued to run and race, though, my joy became contagious. When my mother retired, aged 65, she took up racewalking and rediscovered the athlete she had abandoned 50 years before. Suddenly she
This section is adapted from No Need For Speed - A Beginner's Guide To The Joy Of Running, by John Bingham. Buy this book!Many adult-onset athletes believe that living an active lifestyle would be easier if they could trade the body they have
to accept the idea that the rest of my life would have to change. I wasn’t ready to start thinking like an athlete. I wasn’t ready to be a runner when I wasn’t running. I was not going to become one of those people.Not me! I was going to be the one who
woollen ski hat to retain heat. Sunblock, sunglasses, a cap and white clothing make sense on hot days.DONT run in worn-out shoes, or in shoes that are designed for other sports.DONT attempt to train through an athletic injury. Little aches and pains can
than triathletes of all sizes and abilities - lingers on. In any club there are athletes who take their training very seriously, but there are also members of all standards who simply enjoy training in groups. It's up to you to find out what the club
for the monitor, I would have kept going at the slower pace, as I'd always done."Oliner's experience is a classic example of how runners can benefit from advances in technology. Once considered something that only hard-core professional athletes would use, heart
"I got a huge cheer and a bouquet of flowers"—Lyn WhitesideAre you worried about finishing last in a race? The good news is that if you're reading this article, the chances of it actually happening are very small. Big beginner-friendly races
, a number of researchers have begun to apply the results of certain studies to the training of runners and other endurance athletes. Most of this work has been done piecemeal in far-flung locations around the globe. Yet the scientists and coaches
