UAN: Article type:uan153--It was our prep school cross-country, November 1947; the few of us who were serious athletes were running through the streets of Saltburn-on-Sea, back towards the school. There was me, the Robinson twins and a boy called Firth. One of them asked, “Shall...

Ask your friends, runners included, about their day-to-day problems, and many will say that they feel tired too much of the time. That they’d like to have more energy.No surprise there, then. With information overload, economic concerns and the generally accelerating pace of life...

"Stop fighting it!"That's what a fellow runner yelled at me years ago in the middle of a very windy out-and-back marathon. "Don't fight the wind," he said. "Wait until the turnaround, then pick up the pace when the wind is at your back."The sheer simplicity of that tip! And despi...

. This philosophy is transferable to the rest of us: training with company can be just as beneficial in helping you to achieve your particular goals. A partner could encourage you to adopt more variety in your running and thereby foster greater motivation

-graded performances to impress others, but the ratings have a far better use. You can use them to stay motivated. No one has adopted this approach better than Ray Fair, a professor of economics at Yale. Fair ran his best marathon, a 2:58:45, in 1987 at the age of 45

Steve has run more than 60 marathons, holds a PB of 2:29, and has also won a British marathon title in his age group. This is his 35th successive year of preparing for a marathon and for the last five years, he's run a series of consistent times at the London Marathon (2:46, 2:43...

This particular runner doesn’t know the Penguin. A struggling back-of-the-packer, he’s puffing through a 5K on aching legs, and doesn’t recognise the trademark waddle of the man ahead of him. That man is John Bingham, the man they call the Penguin. And Bingham, the father confess...

, consider including some new details.Beyond reason "When you log your training, it's always worth having a motivational reminder on each page to tell you why you are putting in the effort," says Smythe. This might be anything from "marathon in September

, and wait until each run feels comfortable before stepping up to the next level – no matter how hard or far you could run before. Trying to take up where you left off, especially if that was a month or two ago, will lead to trouble.2. Question your motives

they need to function properly," says Edwards. "Deep, long breaths activate the parasympathetic nervous system, slowing down your heart rate and reducing anxiety." My last race was a shocker – and now I've lost my motivation What's happening That brick