With one week left until my running leg of the Hyde Park Triathlon, I visited Bupa's London branch for a fitness assessment. The aim? To find out if I've got the potential to run a sub 20-minute 5K at my current level of fitness and if not, then how

The ITU Dextro Energy Hyde Park Triathlon crept up on me. No sooner had I started training than I found myself in the grand stand at Hyde Park watching Helen Jenkins romp home to victory, a few hours before the relay teams would set off.This was my first experience of triathlon. ...

(movementdynamics.com), whose former guises include UK national athletics coach and director of track and field at the Australian Institute of Sport. "We need to think about function before force."Jon Shelby from CrossFit (crossfit.com), a strength and conditioning

You need more than one-off snapshots of your fitness levels to assess your progress properly. Races and time trials are reasonable guides to how things are developing, but they vary too much to be really useful. Races also rely on maximal effort

could be one of several things. The nerves that pass out of your spine run directly through and along the hamstring tissue. They can cause specific problems if the hamstrings tighten to protect the way the nerves move. It’s also worth assessing your

, or you know you have stability problems, you’d be well-advised to look for a more serious running shoe (it’ll probably be cheaper, too). The Verona’s Max Air cushioning may be super-soft and the slip-on fit may be neat, but a more supportive shoe

to Boot Camp. The ASICS Target 26.2 Boot Camp bandwagon hit Birmingham on Friday, a chance for the runners to meet the ASICS Target 26.2 coaches, PRO Team and Runner's World staff - and for us to assess each runner's training, health and injury history

Sam Murphy's tipsRun an assessment raceFebruary is a great time for an assessment race. It's been long enough for you to have made a discernible difference to your fitness level, but it's still far away from the big day for you to be able to put

Runner’s World, the ASICS Target 26.2 coaches, ASICS gear specialists and Bupa’s team of experts. From an exclusive private opening of the ASICS flagship store to Bupa’s top-to-toe fitness assessment, this truly VIP experience was the perfect way to start

friends to watch me sweat it out over the 20K cycle. Now all that's left is the race itself.James has set us the challenge to complete the relay in sub-1:30. After the amazing results from his Bupa Fitness Assessment earlier this week, he looks set