This week's problem is one that many runners will recognise: How do you cope with being a "beginner" again after injury?"I used to be a half-decent runner. I've run seven marathons with a PB of 3:36, and loads of half marathons and 10Ks
Hills build strength, and strength results in faster running. By running all hills and by that I mean continuous gradients of up to three miles I broke 2:30 in four consecutive marathons in the early 1980s, says Welles Lobb, RUNNERS WORLD US
for Stuart Barr, 39, and Nicholas Davis, 32, who both live in Cumbria a part of the world not exactly renown for its mild winters. They often run 10-13 miles together at about 4am, a particularly bleak time to run when the northern climate is blowing wind
