Hitting your stride is not always easy, but here’s some good news: there’s a hidden saviour in your kit bag – your MP3 player. The most effective training tracks have strong rhythms and a tempo that matches exercise intensity. Our latest playlist

people so you motivate each other. Do a road or cross-country race and use the treadmills together at your local gym. Join a tri club and use the sessions and advice on offer." - Tim Don "Tell yourself that training in the miserable winter makes you a

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Year health kick. Congratulations! Running is one of the best ways of getting fit, becoming stronger and when combined with sensible nutrition is great for managing weight. It is relatively cheap in terms of equipment and once you have the kit

If you don't have a big race in your sights, it can be hard to stay focused. Challenge yourself, or join others with weekly, monthly or annual mileage targets. By setting yourself a mileage challenge you can combine the motivation of having a target

close Friday, March 12 2010.A carefully-selected expert panel will then decide on a winner, and the winning club will receive 50 sets of New Balance Kit (25 women's and 25 men's) comprising technical tees and shoes. Running clubs are the heart

You may have a will of iron and the self-belief of a firewalker, but you'll still have those odd days (or weeks, or months) when your motivation takes a walk.Is it because the marathon is now over, leaving you nothing to aim for? Is it that you

, prepared his kit and set it up in the transition area."I knew I wasn't up for it but felt that having travelled all that way it would be crazy not to try," says Pennington. "So I took my stuff to transition but when I got there I realised I didn't have my

-of-two Judie Simpson. "Once as a steady one-hour run. The second time I’ll pick it up on the long side of the field and jog the short side for 45 minutes or so."10 Forget rush hour. Take your kit to work, and do your run from the office after work, while

rush hour. Take your kit to work, and do your run from the office after work, while everyone else is spending a miserable hour in fingernail-gnawing gridlock. By the time you’ve finished your run – sweating, pleasantly tired, totally de-stressed after