might expect. Heart rate monitors are really good for base training and will give you instant visual feedback on whether you're training at the most useful level or not... which is often amazingly slow. – Dave CochraneSet a targetEnter a race. You know

frequently gone away and I can continue. – LauraFTune into your heartThe thing that worked for me was putting on a heart rate monitor for the first time. Straight away it told me I was putting too much effort into my long runs. There were times when I

is to lose weight, you shouldn't be giving 100% in your workouts. The point is to spend as much time as possible running, rather than running at high intensity. Buy a heart-rate monitor, which can tell you when you're going too hard. At this stage it