interval). This will raise the threshold, raising the speed at which you can run for long periodsTime-trial bike A serious (and often expensive) racing bike for competitive triathletes.Toe-clips A clip on a bike pedal that ensures the foot doesn’t sit too

can see which non-running factors may have contributed to it. Learn to breathe. Most runners follow a 2-2 breathing pattern: two steps while breathing in, two steps while breathing out, which means you always begin the breathing cycle on the same foot

.To help make all this happen, here's our first-ever beginners' racing guide. Here, you'll find everything that you need to know – from tips on nutrition and warm-ups, to race-day strategies and recovery techniques. Race DayRace day can be intimidating

MidsoleApply a thin layer of Vaseline around your whole foot and between the toes. I didn't get a single blister. – TmapA couple of plasters over your nipples works heaps better than Vaseline (as long as you are not especially hairy!) – Nick LAlways carry

Speed, like weight loss, is a simple concept. The only way to run faster is to run faster. What that means in practice, especially for a beginner, is moving from a single-speed run to variable paced training. This is initially difficult because

. And Bingham, the father confessor and clown prince of the second running boom, is practically walking. Which really annoys that struggling runner. He has a stress fracture in one foot and arthritis in the other, and he’s still running. Well, sort of. He

makes fast runnersAs with many new runners, the idea of upping my pace until I was out of my comfort zone, let alone setting foot on a running track, filled me with dread. The idea of lung-bursting, vomit-inducing speed sessions obviously didn’t appeal

metaphor for living an active life. If I keep moving forwards, if I keep putting one foot in front of the other – in the marathon and in my life – I will see myself through to the end.It hasn’t always been that way. For much of my life, I only believed

your body. Land on your heel to midfoot and push off through the ball of your foot.20. Feel confident when you runNo one will know you are a beginner - unless you broadcast it by looking around, apologising and announcing that you're not really a proper

to foot the rest of the monies out of your own pocket - martin fox 4Join the threadFor the week ending 26 November 2007Hot to trotWEIGHT LOSS VS. PERFORMANCEDespite my best intentions, I find myself agreeing with Frank Horwill’s article on weight