runner under their wing will too."You have to put your expectations on the back burner; it teaches you to be unselfish, to do it for someone else, not yourself," he says. But he warns against badgering a non-runner into going on a training run if they don

Max was a drug addict for 17 years, but her story of how she changed her life through running makes her the inaugural winner of our Inspired To Run competition.WHY DO I RUN?"When I was 14 I took my first line of cocaine. At 15 I added marijuana, acid and a smack-head boyfriend. O...

way of getting a run in. You’ll feel great all day, and you’ll even be helping the environment.I resolve to Smile, and say hello to everyone I meet on a runWhy? People sometimes complain that runners are a miserable, introverted bunch. Help knock

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Adidas Half Marathon with a personal best of 2 hours 11 mins 2 secs with the help from the Runner’s World pacemakers. I have applied to run New York again in November and continually look for the next challenge and place to visit." More from this story

"Look on a training diary as a coach, conscience and friend," says Steve Smythe, a runner and coach who's been writing down every run he completes since 1976. He's recognised that keeping tabs on his training is a great way to make the most of his