They may not be fashionable or practical, but greying and fading race Ts possess a quality that no other item in our wardrobes, other than lucky pants, can boast – memories of past glories or long-gone disappointments. They can remind us of the time that all of our hard work came...
-confidence. If children have enough space, theyll be running and walking every day as part of general play anyway. In truth, a child as young as seven could probably cope with covering a total of five miles a day in this manner at their own pace. If children can only
’s voice ceased to make sense: the sound became a monstrous confluence of sound and smell, like bile dripping on red-hot corrugated iron. The dog grinned lecherously at me as it rogered a patient old Labrador. I collapsed, delirious, into the nettles
, straight, chalk swathe across the landscape, lined with hawthorn and sloe – a Neolithic motorway, now as quiet as the graves of the Iron Age engineers who conceived it.Apparently it’s the oldest road in Northern Europe. As Northern Europe’s oldest runner
-mile record and got within two seconds of the world record.Remember, no one is unbeatableIn those days, athletes from the Iron Curtain held the upper hand. The Russian number one, Bolotnikov, had broken the world 10,000m record. He was a real iron man tall
and was sweating cobs... – tattiefritterThis may be a 'girl thing'Your muscles are probably plenty warm enough – it's just the outer layer of fat that feels cold because it doesn't have as many blood vessels running through it. But the general numbness will make
“Sam has instructed me to take compulsory ‘No Running Days’ but on my first one I ended up walking my dog four times, walking my neighbour’s dog and doing piles of cleaning and ironing! I was in A&E over Christmas - not quite the holiday I’d hoped
– the faster you’ll be back on track. If you’ve been sluggish on runs, schedule a check-up. Asthma, a heart murmur, high blood pressure or anaemia can sap energy levels. Ask your doc to test your blood's iron stores. "Serum ferritin, responsible for iron
the need for glasses? – Iron Duck GirlI had Lasik surgery 18 months ago, after wearing specs since I was nine years old. I know it's not for everybody, but it is the best £800 I ever spent. I went from being pretty short-sighted to having 20/20 vision
, I'd suggest a road bike is the one you want. Specialized, Trek and Bianchi all do brilliant (and pretty much identical) £500 bikes, and that's pretty much the standard price for an entry-level bike. – Iron JDGet a kitemarked helmetI went from being a
