By the time you reach the run leg of a triathlon, your breathing may be as ragged as your style, but both will benefit if you can find a regular rhythm. "When you're running smoothly, your breathing should be smooth," says Laura Denham-Jones, a yoga

hill: "If you know there is a big ascent coming up, slow down a little, relax and prepare yourself mentally to 'float' up the hill," he says. "Running hills is about getting your breathing right, too. It should be quite a meditative process. Try

Drop a dress size. Double your energy. Two weeks to a better body. Or bad breath and gallons of cabbage soup… diets tend to promise one thing and deliver another. With new programmes being introduced all the time, sometimes it's difficult to sort

name like ’The Beast’ there’s no glossing over the, ahem, breath-taking nature of this 13-mile multi-terrain race, but it could equally have been dubbed the ‘most spectacular race in England’ according to previous participants. Magnificent Corfe Castle

brutal finishing stretch surprised a few regular participants. There are few flat stretches in Madrid so expect a hilly course, then add to that the highest altitude of any European capital city and breathing becomes just that little bit more difficult

. For the best pre-race carbo-loading in the world and architecture to die for – we’re thinking of the Romeo and Juliet Half – Italy has a wealth of breath-taking races. Here’s our top 10, selected by Runner’s World Italy’s Deputy Editor Vittorio Nava, to whet

Stockholm Marathon, May From fortifying slices of post-race cheesecake to following in the footsteps of pilgrims in the Middle Ages, Sweden’s races are a beguiling mixture of culture, camaraderie and catch-your-breath scenery. Here’s our guide

My second day in Kenya begins at 7:30am with a five-mile run. I set off with Sarah Baxter and Sarah Ivory – the other two journalists being treated to a few days of Kenyan running – at a gentle 10-minute mile pace but I soon feel short of breath

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low, I go for a run," he says. "When I'm training, I am totally in the moment. I forget that I might not be feeling well, or if I might have a problem, because I'm focusing on how I'm breathing." He's also enlisted the help of Dr Rob Copeland, a sport