: football kickabouts, PE classes etc. I do some running myself and enter about 6-8 events a year, so I'm happy to jog along with David but don't want to push him. How much dedicated running should he do each week, and how often? Should he set goals

. That way you’ll eat less during your three regular meals. Saturday Try a fun new cross-training activity. A one-hour football kick-about burns up to 400kcal. An hour of frisbee, almost 300kcal. Sunday Finish your run with 10 minutes of pull-ups, press

/1 runs, and keep building. Listen to your body, and don’t run further or faster than what feels right.More quality time My wife runs, but my teenage kids don’t. They do all the other things kids do – football, computers, tae kwon do – but probably wouldn

the shoes don’t always go into the bag. Mike Foy Running life: A former amateur footballer. Runs three times per week for fitness. Years running: 30-plus Try to give a warning of your approach to lone walkers in remote places. Long training runs can take you

between each rep should be 60-90 seconds. 11. Find a large, open area such as a football pitch. Mark out a circuit of roughly 800-1000m. Once you’ve warmed up, run a circuit at your 5K pace, jog for five minutes, then run a second circuit about three

can do loops around the entire park or laps around the football pitches. Most parks have amenities such as toilets, and are generally safe for solo running. Grass is the softest surface to run on, but it can be uneven, so be alert for hard-to-see bumps

and streamlined in the water. Try to kick from the hip with straight legs or slightly bent at the knee with the foot downwards as if you were kicking a football. Keep your ankles soft and floppy, not stiff. Aim to bend the legs inwards slightly and try to brush

it feels to be fit and hear my children say, ‘My mum runs marathons!’ My friends are amazed,” says Linda Simons, of Hastings. 21. Do strides once a week “I’d do 100 yards on grass on the football pitch – anywhere from 16 to 72 of them. After three to five

circuit-training session on the weight machines – an excellent all-round work-out.9 Give them the run-around. While the children are playing football (or whatever), run loops around the outside of the field. "I do this twice a week," says mother

in Makeni where 120 children a year are given food, clothing and shelter. The smiling boys, as young as five or six, leapt on the chance to play football. The young women, saved from the commercial sex trade, were more obviously traumatised, many staring