generally get my athletes to run at least a mile before doing dynamic stretches, then running drills before each training session. For recovery runs you don't really need to do this, as the first part of the run should be nice and steady, but for harder

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week as recovery.""Running alone is tedious. I prefer group sports"Get some friendsIf you don't like running on your own, then find a group of like-minded runners in your area, who run at your pace. Runningpartners.org.uk is an online forum designed

.runnersworld.co.uk forum about something called base training' and thought I'd give it a go."Building an endurance base by slowly adding mileage to steady runs is a tried and tested technique, but base training using a heart-rate monitor (HRM) is an idea conceived

, what you ate, the weather and even your general mood before, during and after each run," adds Wood. "It'll help you identify patterns and the cause and effect of good and bad runs." And training logs don't have a ‘use by' date. "I have all my training

wonderful experience throughout.The forums have been amazing – people have posted so many lovely comments on my thread, especially last week. I’ve been trying to reply to everyone who’s posted regardless of their target time – after all, I said from