if you go without.After a bike, a wetsuit is possibly the most expensive piece of kit you'll buy. Allen does not recommend a budget option but also advises beginners to steer away from top-of-the-range models."Spend enough to ensure your wetsuit fits

own personal trainer and coach sitting on your wrist. We’ll guide you through the key features of some of the best monitors on the market from simple, budget models ideal for beginners, right through to the most advanced, all-singing, all-dancing, PC

point. You understand that, and you’ve worked the expense into your budget. The chances are, however, that you’re not so keen on the idea of replacing body parts.Fortunately, your body is different. It’s a biomechanical system, not a mechanical one

Controlled Sports Watch £30 Features Radio-controlled time setting; five alarms; simple stopwatchPros Simple basic sports watch; budget price; all-day appeal Cons Heavy; basic functionalityIt would be easy to criticise this Lorus model for being too heavy

Hi-Tec Lava Run £50If you associate Hi-Tec with the old-fashioned, budget Silver Shadow running shoe, it's time to broaden your mind. The relaunch of Hi-Tec as a running brand has resulted in some surprisingly good shoes. The Lava Run is more of a

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Training with a heart-rate monitor may no longer be the preserve of the elite, but choosing a model perfectly suited to your needs and budget can still be a minefield of technical jargon and seductive (read expensive) features if you’re uncertain

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, durable and easy to insert. Sound quality ranged from tinny to average, but a decent budget option nevertheless. How It Rated Sound Quality 4 Durability 7 Sweatproof 6 Fit 4 Weight 6 TOTAL 27 Klepsch Custom 2, £99.95 Contact www

as raising money for numerous other charities local to her route. Pulling her tent and all her supplies behind her in a trailer, Rosie ran alone and on a very low budget to circle the globe along a route said to be the coldest and hardest, taking in 7