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At the last count, 132,000 runners had posted 1.6 million messages between them on the Runner's World forum. That's a ton of useful tips!Our readers already helped us pick out some of the best threads (or 'conversations'). Now we've gone a step

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

're all quitters, in the sense that we have dropped out of some activity at some time. There's nothing wrong with starting again (and again). Author of Psychodynamic Running: The Complete, Definitive Madman's Guide to Distance Running and the Marathon (£10.99

Whether you’ve decided to make a change to your lifestyle, or you’ve just been roped in for a charity race, this index of our best beginner articles is for everyone taking those first running steps. From can't-fail motivation, to a first 5K or 10K

(rpm). Typically cycling at a cadence 80 to 95 is most efficient.Gearing Combination of the front chainrings (1, 2 or 3 of them) and the rear cassette which is a cluster of cogs numbering between 5 and 10. The bigger the chainring on the front

only those nuggets that are most important for them to learn in our 10 weeks together.The full version of this article contains those 15 lessons. Think of them as crib sheets for your basic ‘running course’. Learn them, and you can make it through your

and run at 65 per cent of your working heart rate. (To calculate effort based on your WHR, subtract your resting heart rate from your max – eg 200-40 = 160WHR. Then calculate 65 per cent of that = 104, and add it back onto your resting rate = 144 target

running for decades, you’ll learn something from their answers. Every beginner asks at least a few of these questions at some point. Here are the answers:How do I get started? Start walking for an amount of timethat feels comfortable - anywhere from 10

to enter open-water events in the UK, you'll almost certainly need a wetsuit.  For standard-distance events (1.5K swim, 40K bike, 10K run), they are compulsory in water temperature below 14˚C and optional up to 22˚C. Some events, such as the London