and health questions. Here are a few of the highlights just for women: My running is dreadful after pregnancy. What now? Sacro-iliac pain after childbirthHow do I help my 10-year-old in his running? You'll also find stacks of useful information in our BIG Q

Black toenails are caused by pressure on the nail, which causes bleeding under it. The normal cure is to make sure that your shoes have lots of room for expansion when you run. I believe that in your feet can expand by up to 10 per cent during a marathon, caused

at about 22 miles?  Anyway, I found a comfortable pace to run at, amongst the 10 minute milers, but soon realised that this pace was not going to last for long.  Albeit that the first 10k (6.2 miles) was my quickest pace, I soon slowed down to compensate

surgeons, orthopaedic physicians or rheumatologists. The minimum qualificationwould depend on the position: an orthopaedic surgeon, for example, is required to complete a full 11 years of study culminating with the FRCS Orth; an orthopaedic physician

du Cahors et de la Gastronomie, AugustLa Ronde Cérétane, SeptemberLes 20K de St Tropez, October French ConnectionsRemember, when phoning/faxing overseas, always use the International Dialling Code 00 plus 33 for France, then drop the first zero

the first race in 1979.Horses, having twice as many legs as people, invariably win – despite compulsory vet inspections. This is just as well for sponsors William Hill, because they’re offering £20,000 to any runner who beats the horses to the finish line

me for dead. He dropped out at Tor 22, ashen-faced with pain and cursing without prejudice the entire sentient universe. (However in the great tradition of serious traumatic injuries miraculously repairing themselves, he would skip nimbly up

.“It’s me back,” muttered Big Ron. “It hasn’t been right since London.”Good Lord, someone had actually run a race! Perhaps there was hope for us yet!“You never told me you were doing the London, Ron. How did you get on?”“Not this year,” he snapped. “1996.”“1994

heavy for my body. Still, I’m sure that once my heart rate drops below 185 and my pectorals come out of spasm and the acute pain from my tennis elbow abates to the point where I can remove the stick from between my teeth, I’ll feel like a million dollars

"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