and could even boost your muscles' performance on the track.Why? Stretching helps prevent sports injuries by increasing your range of movement and reducing the tension in your muscles. Every muscle in the body has an opposing one that works against

summer essential, preventing sunburn and skin damage and keeping your skin and body temperature low. If you’re going for a long run and need to top-up along the way, grab a travel-sized bottle or decant lotion into a dinkier container to pop in your

-working cardiovascular system will also be thankful for the flavonoids found in apples, which help prevent heart disease.Cook: Eating apples are, as their name suggests, ready to eat straight from the tree. Cooking varieties like Bramley apples are too tart, however

prevent maladies ranging from high blood pressure and cholesterol to diabetes, impotence and even cancer. Avoid time away from your trainers by including garlic in your diet - research also suggests that people who eat plenty of garlic brush off coughs

footprint too. Easy entryEntering races online not only saves you time and hassle, it also helps prevent thousands of registration forms from going unused.Road trip When you pop your next race in the diary, have a think about how you – and hundreds