. In the same way, "only use your running shoes for running – this is what they were designed for," says Exley. Other sports can ruin your running shoes – for example, cycle clips can damage the soft uppers of running shoes. But Route 1 to wrecking

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

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.In general, plants contain less iron than animal foods and only two to 20 per cent of iron from plants is absorbed by the body, compared with 15 to 35 per cent from meat. Worse still, there are various compounds in everyday foods that affect iron absorption

Eat This, Not That! is an extremely useful food manual from the editors of Men’s Health and Women’s Health. It analyses restaurant menus and supermarket products in superb detail, so that you’ll come away with a better knowledge of what to eat

London's Hyde Park, Green Park and St James's Park and past Buckingham Palace, the Houses of Parliament and down The Mall. The 2008 race sold out in six days, while the 15,000 places for this year's event were snapped up in a matter of hours.  Most

Thousands of you voted for your favourite running services and products in our Personal Best Awards 2010, so we're delighted to reveal our winners across all six categories.Best Gadget: Garmin Forerunner 310XTMany runners swear by the convenience

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pair of the latest running shoes, the best nutrition products or a top-of-the-range GPS watch we've got a brilliant range of prizes waiting for you. We'll unveil a new brand - and new prizes - every weekday in September. Each competition will be open

.BEST NEW EVENT Leeds 10K Jane Tomlinson's Run For AllIn a single year this city-centre charity run has evolved from a germ of an idea into a solid fixture on the running calendar. Just over 8,000 ran in 2007 and in 2008 it filled 11,000 places four months