that pounding and wear and tear; it can’t do the body any good, she thinks. Marian’s got her share of aches and pains, and loving auntie that she is, she doesn’t want me to end up in even worse shape.I bet you’ve got an Aunt Marian in your life, too – a family

is so compelling that I’ve changed one of my life rules. From now on, I run first, eat second, and shower last. If my friends in the cafeteria don’t like it, too bad. The timing is crucial, because your insulin sensitivity is at its highest in the first

This extract is from The Runner's World Complete Book of Running by RW USA Editor Amby Burfoot. You can now preview it, free, for two weeks without risk or obligation. All running programmes for beginners are the same: they move you from walking

As she passed her coach and friends at the 15-mile mark of the 2002 Boston Marathon, Cynthia Lucero smiled and waved cheerily. It was typical behaviour for the petite woman from Ecuador. According to all who knew her, Lucero loved life, loved

when overhydration while exercising dilutes the sodium in your body. The possible result, in the most serious cases, is brain swelling that could lead to seizures and other life-threatening complications. This makes hyponatremia arguably the most

Amby Burfoot is Executive Editor of Runner's World USA, and the 1968 Boston Marathon winner Imagine that there was an exercise programme that could guarantee to get you in shape with only three identical 30-minute exercise sessions per week. I

varied, low-fat diet. Cross-train to prevent injury and burnout.These are simple concepts, well within my grasp (and yours). When we follow them, life is good. There has, though, always been one more key principle: avoid the demon lactic acid

Like so many of the other firsts in my life – first school, first kiss, first child – I remember my first “runner’s high” as if it were yesterday. It came on a perfect October afternoon while I was running near a cider mill near my childhood home. A

their ranking scores at a rate of about only one to two per cent per decade through their 40s and 50s, and about six percent in their 70s.Chess, though, won't help your VO2 max, and your VO2 max is, essentially, your life. So it's sense to keep running no matter

Some runners don't worry much about their weight. They think: I run, therefore I can eat a cow for dinner. But these same runners gain 3.3 pounds per decade, according to a recent US analysis of 4,700 mid-life male runners by the National Runners