prize, and in October, the best of the best wins £1000, a training session with Darren Campbell, and more.Here are extracts from three so far: "The first time I attempted to run, I went 100 metres before I had to stop. It was horrible feeling that I

ProfileNAME: Lee Healy and partner RachelSUCCESS: Introducing Rachel to runningHOW HE ACHIEVED IT: By doing it on her terms, when she was readyINITIAL ROUTINE: One-minute run/walkROUTINE NOW: Rachel and Lee run three miles, three times a week

Every year at Runner's World, we come across people who achieve amazing things and who use running as a force of change, in their own lives and in the lives of others. Go to any running event in the UK and you'll find them. They are the beginners

back to it. Ever…It’s not all about the time and it’s not all about losing the weight and getting a better body. Yes, these things are great, but they’re not enough. We runners, we run because it fits. We run because by pounding out the pavement we know

"Look on a training diary as a coach, conscience and friend," says Steve Smythe, a runner and coach who's been writing down every run he completes since 1976. He's recognised that keeping tabs on his training is a great way to make the most of his

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in Runner's World magazine, and the lucky snapper will enjoy the trip of a lifetime to the Arctic. Runners-up photos will also feature in the magazine, and we'll regularly publish the best entries here on the website.How to enterEmail us your best Rave Run

and thinking, 'What's a fat lump like her trying to do?' I don't remember the end of my first run and I still don't know what made me put my trainers on again for a second time, but I did."My target was an autumn 10K, and although the furthest I'd run leading

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them on runs, encourage them, lend them your back issues of RUNNER’S WORLD. Do all the things you wish someone had done for you!I resolve to Leave my watch at home for one run a weekWhy? Not every run is a race. Time has its role as an objective means