If you want to become a better runner, there’s no real training substitute for running. Other sports just don’t cut the mustard when it comes to preparing your body for race day, right?Right. But in terms of boosting your fitness, balancing muscle

, yes) ciggies that I'd been so addicted to. A couple of weeks before, we'd been trying out a new health and wellbeing course at work. They talked about 'recycling' - where you give up something, or start to do something, and then have re-start, or re

the right balance between session-frequency and session-intensity?"I ran this year’s FLM in 3:08, having averaged 60 miles per week (six runs/wk) over a five-month training period. I’d like to experiment with different training regimes and am particularly

boost for my training as I found some new routes, could train all year round and got to put in a longer mid-week session. – Jason WilsonBreak free from your demoralised gym persona I hate treadmills as they always seem to be placed in front of mirrors

be inclined to slow down your runs and simply try and finish a given distance without a break before starting to mix short/fast and slow/long. – amadeusStrike a balance by following these basic training principles This is how I see it. You could run three

- what advice would you offer him as he prepares for his first half-marathon?"I’m a fairly new runner (aged 37) and a busy job and young family prevents me from having a rigid training schedule. I tend to start each run very steadily then decide whether