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

, it's time for 'fourth gear': do maximal sessions like 4x2K track runs and 10-mile time trials." - Will Clarke"Winter is the time to work on weaknesses, make changes and try new ideas. Winter training is about flexibility and compromise, so do not set

Hot off the press this month is the all new Runner's World Complete Guide To Running - the indispensable bible for all things running!From your very first steps to a marathon finish line, the Complete Guide To Running brings you more than 1,000

with total flexibility in terms of how and when to clock up those miles. Online running community fetcheveryone.com has monthly mileage groups, which are great for motivation. You could even run the year – 2010 miles works out as 38.5 per week! Start a

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

. (Stickless)I chose to join the running club with the most good-looking women in the team pictures on their website. Fickle? Yes. Shallow? Yes. But great for motivation! (Coops10)Enter a race that's in six to eight weeks' time, and a teensy bit further than

.That was the nightmare in which navy triathlete Charlie Pennington found himself in 2009. His main aim had been to make it to Australia's Gold Coast for the World Championships and he decided to take his wife and eight-month-old son on the 12,000-mile trip. It was a big

for a 45-minute run two or three times a week, shoot for shorter sessions of 15-20 minutes, but run most days.16 Veteran runners looking to get stronger should focus on two 'key' runs every week, sessions where they really push. Try a one-hour interval

's World UK magazine subscriber, you can see all 35 here. Otherwise, enjoy these 10 as a preview - and if you want to subscribe, you can save 30% right here. 1 Make time in your schedule for a run every other day with your most important client – yourself

UAN:196 Article type:--“I haven’t got the time.” It’s the number-one reason people give for not running. Or not running as much as they’d like. After years of hearing how important regular exercise is to our health, everyone knows they should run