train harder than is beneficial, and when you're recovering from a break, it's even more important to stay within your limits. Here, an HRM comes into its own, and though there are differences between injury and illness, the same principles apply.If you

will have been in vain. Think about it: jet lag, disorientation, unfamiliar food, contaminated water and, perhaps, a little alcohol - travelling overseas to take part triathlons offers plenty of opportunity to fall ill. But we at TW are here to help: just

work will have been in vain. Think about it: jet lag, disorientation, unfamiliar food, contaminated water and, perhaps, a little alcohol - travelling overseas to take part triathlons offers plenty of opportunity to fall ill. But we at TW are here

Politics, pollution, taxes, the NHS: these are typical "mad as hell" topics. But for me, it's something different. I'm ticked off about health and fitness magazines, even this one, haranguing us about exercise, free-radical production and disease, as if the three were intimately ...

Anderson and Liz Yelling - our Lucozade Sport Super Six quickly became a Triumphant Three as illness and injury struck our male marathon hopefuls. Read on to find out how Sue, Meg and Helen fared as they became more determined than ever to finish the Flora

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soreness), don't work out. "Running with a fever can make the illness worse and there's a risk of passing the virus to the heart," Nieman says. Sip hot liquidsA study found that people who drank hot beverages rated cold symptoms as less severe than those

Getty ImagesBelieve it or not, people who exercise frequently or for prolonged periods are more likely to pick up infections and catch colds than sedentary people.This is even more likely in autumn and winter – the traditional season for a triathlete to increase the volume of h...

with passengers who refuse to 'catch it, bin it, kill it', meant that the only run I've managed to squeeze in was a short 3-miler on the weekend.I get ill with the flu quite a lot. You might put that down to inadequate hand-washing or lack of proper nutrition. I

Getty ImagesThe road to marathon success is never smooth and problem-free. Every runner, from first-timer to marathon veteran, hits a hurdle or two while preparing for the marathon: an injury, a cold, an unexpected extra project at work. If things came more easily than this, comp...