cap’.To make a cold cap, just soak a baseball cap in water and leave it in the fridge for half an hour – or overnight if you’re planning on heading out first thing in the morning. If you want an extra-cold noggin, pop it in the freezer for 10 minutes

1-Pro £1999 Vision 8200HRC £1799 (*Best below £2000*)Kettler Marathon £1725Trimline 2650 £1449 (*Best below £1500*)JK-Exer 938B £1099Proform 570 £800 6 buying tipsWhen you’re treadmill shopping, remember that a more expensive machine is likely

and compress it firmly against the injury site for 12-15 minutes. Try to elevate the injured area. Repeat this hourly, or as often as you can for the next three days. You can use it again if you feel twinges as you gently stretch out the injury on subsequent

), jog back (1) 4Tuesday: Jog out (1), 12 x 400m with 100m jog recoveries (24), jog back (1) 26Wednesday: Jog out (1), 4 laps steady (4), jog back (1) 6Thursday: Jog out (1), 10 x hill reps and recoveries (20), jog back (1) 22 Friday: Rest 0Saturday: Jog

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Competition, it's a very stable racing shoe. It also provides plenty of cushioning, so over the marathon distance, moderate overpronators aiming to run anywhere from 2:30 to 3:00 should find enough support from the Supernova.Swap and Save If you usually race

(2GB), £179 (4GB) Weight 44gEstimated battery life 14 hoursThe iPod Nano looks great, sounds great and, in its 4GB guise, holds up to 1,000 songs. It's intuitive to use - even the most technophobic runner out there will have little trouble

and simple to explore. This is the kind of kit that could take over your life.Contact www.polarelectro.co.ukNike+ - £19 (with iPod Nano - £99) The Nike+ has replaced the company’s earlier footpod-based SDMs, though no-one seems to miss them. Now Nike

own plan on the calendar which will then synchronise with the watch on connection. These plans can be as in-depth or vague as you like (for example, run at 10mm pace for one mile, then 10 intervals of 400m at 8mm pace followed by two minutes at 12mm

signals travel (the speed of light – it does 10K in 1/30000th of a second) the GPS receiver can work out how far it is from each satellite. The receiver then plugs those numbers into some very complicated calculations to work out its position on the Earth