both ran the Flora London Marathon together this Sunday in 3:43:02, securing a Golden Bond Place for 2006 for Annette. She has been running since February with no problems, and I had a couple of runs before London just to test the foot out. Annette

the reply.Certain experiences stick in my mind: those huge drums echoing beneath the overpass; surfing the applause along the embankment as I ran alongside a six-foot heart; giving my sister an emotional kiss at 20 miles (like being hugged by a wet sponge

. But in my shoes things were messing up.At eight miles I stopped and looked inside my socks. There were bloody blisters under each big toe, and huge blisters on the inside of each foot - under my Compeeds. But it was too early to pack it in - I pulled my

.Read the whole forum debateQ. I have been on a rather big weight-loss journey. Having lost just over ten stone in the last year and a half, I'm happy to say I'm now at my target weight of just over nine and a half stone (I'm 5 foot 6).I now run between 30

insole from your old shoes. It may be something as simple as the insole of the new shoe catching on your foot, or rough stitching (check the fabric inside the shoe). Or it may be that the style of shoe just doesn't work for you. footman Alternating new

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