Where and when?Sunday, December 14, BedfordWhat is it?What do Paula Radcliffe and Terry Waite have in common? The correct answer is that they were both born and bred in Bedford, the traditional home of one of the last half-marathons of the year. The race starts just outside town ...
Where and when?Sunday, December 14, StockportWhat is it?Since a new course was introduced two years ago, the Stockport 10 has grown and grown. It may lack scenary, but it's a slickly organised dash over a classic distance. The race starts at the local Woodbank Stadium and after a...
1 Swap your regular cheese for goat's cheese. It's 40 per cent lower in calories than the stuff made from cow's milk.2 Sprinkle cinnamon on a yoghurt each day to burn fat. The spice is a powerful metabolism raiser; half a teaspoon a day is enough to burn an extra kilo a month....
Nike has promised its new Nike+ SportWatch GPS will be a "game changer". Runner's World couldn't turn down the opportunity to take the watch for a test run to see whether it lived up to the hype. We know it looks good, but does its functionality match up to its fashion-conscious ...
As we wave goodbye to summer, now is the time to invest in your most important piece of gear: new running shoes. Our Autumn/Winter 2011 Shoe Guide includes a bumper crop of 24 new shoes, as well as reviews and technical information on each.The RW Shoe Lab has once again ...
Think about this: you're at a training camp abroad, getting some sun as you fine-tune your physique and your technique, and you're feeling great. Then it happens - you, your bike and maybe even someone else crash at high speed coming off a mountain descent. You're off to the ...
One of the great joys of triathlon is that it gives you the perfect excuse to travel all over the world to take part in races. But if you don't make plans and take precautions you can easily fall victim to sickness or injury and all your hard work will have been in vain. Think ab...
When you first take up running, what gets you out the door is sheer enjoyment. It's this that motivates you to complete your first race (and fans the desire to target your second and third...) and gives you the immense satisfaction of putting a hard-earned tick next to 'goal' in ...
Call them what you like - toe shoes, foot gloves, gorilla feet. Call them strange-looking, weird or ugly if you're so inclined. Just understand that the funky, almost barefoot look of the FiveFingers hides from no one. The ultra light, increasingly chic shoe has made appearances ...
Congratulations: you've run your marathon! Now, unless you wish to spend the next few weeks plagued with soreness, sniffles and a soul-sapping sense of apathy, read on.What you do in the days following a marathon is just as important as what you did before. Running 26.2 miles pla...
