’s humid. You just don’t feel like it.So once you’ve lost it – and at some point you will – how do you get it back?“Motivation is a very tough issue to deal with, and has to come from inside you,” says Bud Baldaro, coach to Olympic marathon runner Marion

they're so good for your running.Sound advice Get creative, suggests Gary Pfitzer, on experienced runner who works in finance. "You're no longer dragging your sluggish bag of bones around a nameless track. Now you're in the Olympics. If you finish

520 caloriesTHE MONEGHETTI FARTLEKSteve Moneghetti, the Australian four-time Olympic marathon runner, developed a unique fartlek session that alternates short bursts of fast and slow running to boost overall calorie burn.Run two sets of 90 seconds hard

" feeling like a rather selfish response. But hey, I'm (just) fast enough to get in on merit and I think that’s part of the race isn’t it – the elite (2.04 this year!!), the Olympic athletes, the Championship runners and the club runners right on through

34,710 runners without even a blister to show for my efforts!  Next time I will register as a runner for Malta by virtue of my Grandfather - I would have finished fifth for Malta on the day and now be vying for a place on their Olympic team :)The

. At 21, she has already notched up Commonwealth 1,500m bronze and World Junior gold over the same distance, and is three-time European Junior cross-country champion. After narrowly missing out on the 1,500m final at the Beijing Olympics, she's raring

From double gold Olympic rower to professional adventurer, James Cracknell has had an extraordinary sporting career. The competitive athlete has shown guts and determination in racing across every terrain - he crossed the Atlantic, the South Pole

refreshing lack of forethought. All very much befitting a world champion multi-tasker. And whether she's discussing her medal collection, her meteoric rise to the top of her field or her status as poster girl for the London Olympics, she is consistently

questions with a refreshing lack of forethought. All very much befitting a world champion multi-tasker. And whether she's discussing her medal collection, her meteoric rise to the top of her field or her status as poster girl for the London Olympics, she

, then I put my new skills into practice by coaching others. I want to be the best I can be, no matter what age I am.Who inspired you as a young triathlete?Sebastian Coe and Steve Ovett, and their rivalry at the Moscow Olympics in 1980 when each won