15 stone beginner…A delay before losing weight…Eating for energy and weight lossHalf a stone that just won't shiftLosing weight and getting back to running - a long thread!Over-weight beginner - help!Runner's World is grateful to Ashley, Foxy

that makes you feel good.Q. What should I eat? A. Just a good all-round diet, with plenty of fluids and a slight emphasis on low-GI carbohydrate. Aim to eat 50-60% of your calories from carbohydrate, 20-25% from protein and 20-25% from fat. Only half-marathon

?How much should I warm up before a race – and why?How can I pick myself up after a bad race?Can I run a half-marathon two weeks after my first marathon?Cross-TrainingCan I ditch rest days completely if I mix cross-training days with running days?What if I

me to. – goldbeetleHeavily pregnant, stuck in traffic queue, watching runners finish the Glasgow Half-Marathon with their little foil blankets. I thought to myself that once my daughter was out, I would be getting myself one of those foil thingies

at himself and puts himself out there in ‘The Penguin Chronicles’, his avidly-read monthly column in RUNNER’S WORLD. Bingham has also written two books (his latest – No Need For Speed: A Beginner’s Guide To The Joy Of Running – will be published in the UK

At the last count, 132,000 runners had posted 1.6 million messages between them on the Runner's World forum. That's a ton of useful tips!Our readers already helped us pick out some of the best threads (or 'conversations'). Now we've gone a step

for sprinters. Be slow, not sorry.Don’t compare yourself with anyone else Check out the apostrophe in RUNNER’S WORLD. There must be a billion runners out there, so we could certainly call this magazine RUNNERS’ WORLD. But we don’t, and this is because we realise