recovering straight away. It'll start working just 10 minutes after application, and give you two hours of its blissful cooling effect. Good for: avoiding time on the bench Pledgetags, from £3.99 www.pledgetodoit.com Help the runner in your

(no, not the one about Dave's shorts 'accidentally' falling down at the club presentation). For a Warmups section called Mile Markers. Email us here. Inspirational personal stories for our Human Race page. Email us here.NB: this is NOT the email

Ease into faster running with these introductory sessions:1. Easy fartlekFartlek, or speed play, is variable-paced running that emphasises creativity. During a 30-minute run, choose objects to run to – lamp-posts, trees, buildings, other runners

help to prevent calcium deficiency and osteoporosis There is no evidence that extra calcium prevents osteoporosis; exercise - with adequate calcium intake - prevents bone loss. Runners who eat few or no dairy products may benefit from supplements

de France tradition), and the tour will culminate with a celebratory buffet and presentation attended by the three governing mayors. Sign up for the whole series or individual events.--West Wight Hills 8, April 9 Newport to Ryde 7 & West Wight

’s title.Caption in here--For the second year running, Runner’s World presented the winning teams with trophies. St Edmunds Pacers from England were top women’s team, while the men’s award went to Germany and TSV Ronsahl.Don’t worry, though, there’s plenty

- is to run the final fast stint as strongly as the first one. If you have a race in mind, try to build up to running each repetition at race pace (or faster for half-marathons, marathons and very fit runners).A simple session is to have equal-length efforts

in just a few key categories, the winners of which are the result of widespread feedback from the Runner's World community. New for 2008, is the UK's Best Running Club Award, which undoubtedly presented our panel with the most difficult decision. All

with athletes at Olympic and World Championship level and is an active runner himself, having recently completed the Amsterdam and Lisbon Marathons. What are the objectives of this study?There are two key objectives. The first is to establish how various mental

question.Most of the articles come from back issues of the UK edition of Runner's World magazine; some are written especially for the web; and a few are from books from the publishers of Runner's World.About a quarter of the best articles are reserved