Running has the power to change your life. It will make you fitter, healthier and happier. Here's ten tips to help you get (and stay) on track to a brighter future.1. Start by walkingWhether you're fresh off the couch or coming from another sport, running takes time to break into...

The barefoot movement is gathering pace, promising closer connection to the terrain and our evolutionary heritage. But is the key to better running really what you wear – or don’t wear – on your feet?As we buy into the seductive promise of the ‘barefoot revolution’, the shoe manu...

You know it all too well: that awful moment when overworked lungs and leaden lower limbs combine to create an overbearing desire to S-L-O-W  D-O-W-N. When the burden of placing one foot in front of the other grows intensely with every limping stride and you reach the end of your ...

At an early morning training session, the fastest man on the planet streaks down the home straight, muscles glistening in the Jamaican sun. He crosses the line 10m ahead of his training partners, growls with exhaustion and flops on to his back. As he lies there, eyes closed, face...

"So, have you got some good questions for me then? I'm not going to answer any old rubbish you know," says Jess Ennis with a grin. Her agent raises her eyes to heaven and Ennis cackles, amused by her own bolshiness.It's not the most conventional way to start an interview but, as ...

Other Ironman courses may be tougher than Kona, Hawaii, but here is where it all started and here is where world champions are crowned.If watching the coverage of this year's Ironman World Championships has inspired you to try to qualify for next year's event, you're going to wan...

Where and when? Sunday, October, 19, Bradford-on-Avon, Wiltshire.What is it? This one-lap course takes in some of the most technical terrain the Wiltshire countryside can throw at you. A change of route means competitors will now tackle the grounds of the mediaeval-origin Iford...

Where and when?Sunday, October, 5, CambridgeWhat is it? This event has risen in stature and is now in its seventh year. In order to accommodate the possibility of a 1000-plus field, the organisers have formulated a brand spanking new course. It’s flat, fast and run along quiet co...

Where and when?Sunday, October, 5, CarlisleWhat is it?The Great Cumbrian Half is an out-and-back race, with flat roads and a rural setting. The course takes in some of the best sights that Carlisle has to offer. It starts and finishes with a lap around Sheepmount Stadium and then...

Where and when?Saturday, October 25, Barnet and EalingWhat is it?Run London Ragged is a series of two London 10K events supported by the Big Issue Foundation.. The Ealing race takes place in Perivale Park. The Barnet race boasts a location in the pretty surroundings of Trent P...