week as recovery.""Running alone is tedious. I prefer group sports"Get some friendsIf you don't like running on your own, then find a group of like-minded runners in your area, who run at your pace. Runningpartners.org.uk is an online forum designed

work through, or whether you should take a step back, and focus on another race.Roadblock: You're boredIf you look at that 20-miler on your schedule and feel like you can't drum up the will to get out of the door, you're not alone. It can happen any

’ll soon get bored. Seek out parts of your locale you’ve never visited and run around them. If you live in a town or city head out into the countryside and run there.Once you’re confident that you can run a certain distance – three miles, say – then enter a

I'd experience if someone told me they were decorating 50 bedrooms in 50 days."Too Much Water: "Apparently some crazy Germans do 12 in 12 days for the 12 days of Christmas."Plodding Hippo: "I get bored if long running alone, but in a race I'm in too

”Runners are sociable animals. And many miss runs because they would rather not run alone. Geoff Wightman – head of Road-Running Policy Support at UK Athletics – says that, because of the number of clubs around the country, there is no reason to suffer from ‘loneliness

and head out of the door.Your legs feel dead. You’re sick of the same old running routes. Your back hurts. You’re injured or ill, feeling old, tired and stressed. You have a work deadline. You’re bored. It’s dark, it’s cold, it’s raining, it’s foggy, it

-distance runner: running with other people is more enjoyable than running alone, and a little bit of friendly competition can even make you faster.I resolve to Get on my bikeWhy? If all you do is run, you can get stale or, worse, injured. Cycling is excellent

by the 88 per cent scored by last year's Great South Run.But there's more to that 77 per cent than meets the eye. On atmosphere alone, the GNR scores very well indeed – it's just the hustle and bustle of this enormous event that lets its overall rating down

In the future, we'll be able to run for ever. Octogenarians will record PBs thanks to organ cloning and advanced cryogenic suspension. Speedy nonagenarians, bored with clocking six-minute miles at the London Marathon, will apply for places at ultras

the Tapir. Warning: mild peril; bodily functions.When you’re having a bad day, or just fancy being a grumpy old runner, it sometimes helps to know you’re not alone. Who's on your list of people you'd like to see run through with a rusty bayonet? asks Lucky