UAN:195 Article type:-->“After years and years of running, the act of putting one foot in front of the other, mile after mile, gets pretty damn boring,” Australian marathoner Derek Clayton once observed.At some point, nearly all of us have run

This week's problem is one that many runners will recognise: How do you cope with being a "beginner" again after injury?"I used to be a half-decent runner. I've run seven marathons with a PB of 3:36, and loads of half marathons and 10Ks

with total flexibility in terms of how and when to clock up those miles. Online running community fetcheveryone.com has monthly mileage groups, which are great for motivation. You could even run the year – 2010 miles works out as 38.5 per week! Start a

herself to being abandoned every Sunday morning as he set off for his weekly long run.Seeing Lee complete eight marathons was not enough to persuade Rachel to take up running, but she did decide that she wanted to get fit."About 18 months ago, Rachel

and daytime phone number (you will only be contacted if we need further information about the person you have nominated)Please note that there is a 300-word limit per nomination. The closing date for votes is Friday, March 12, 2010. The CategoriesThe Jane

, helping her recover from disasters like losing her shoe at the 2007 European Cross-Country Trials. "During the race, someone stood on the back of my spike. I just had to carry on with one bare foot!" She won that 4.4K race in 15:13. And after she turns

that are generally inspiring, such as Jane Tomlinson." [Tomlinson, who was diagnosed with terminal cancer in 2000, completed a number of grueling fundraising challenges in the years that followed, including the Florida Ironman in 2004. She died in 2007]"They can help

UAN:196 Article type:-->“I haven’t got the time.” It’s the number-one reason people give for not running. Or not running as much as they’d like. After years of hearing how important regular exercise is to our health, everyone knows they should run

cooler, the air is cleaner and you can check out places of interest to visit later in the day with the family. Gershon took his trainers with him on a stag weekend to Brussels and says he enjoyed exploring the city on foot - it also meant he didn't drink

-time racers, or an equally difficult distance to master for an experienced athlete.Training Schedules | 10 Steps to 5K Success10K The UK’s most popular racing distance - a logical step-up from the shorter 5K, or a testing time trial for the more fleet-footed