." And according to University of Bristol psychologists, expanding your lungs lifts your diaphragm, taking pressure off the nerve centre in your solar plexus and relieving the stress on your central nervous system. Get some Zzzzs All too often, the problem

You've heard the usual recommendations for so long that you accept them as gospel. And most of the advice is solid. Who can argue with putting in mileage, peaking for races and stretching after a run? But just because many coaches, sports

or sweet ice cream.” She suggests trying foods with different textures, spices and flavours. The more variety you have, the less you’ll experience cravings for unhealthy foods.KEEP FINE-TUNING YOUR PLANSometimes an injury ruins your race plans. So you

’? Every week I go out with my club and enjoy running ever-increasing distances. But as soon as I enter a race the nerves start with endless trips to the loo – it’s a wonder I get to the start line at all! Is it just me? Yaffles I get a teensy bit nervous

faster, but some of that was to do with confidence. For a while I was so concerned that I wouldn't be able to get to the end of whatever distance I was running that I made sure to take it easy, whether in training or when racing. It's only over the past

's only one thing I crave after a run - a pasty. I pass two pasty shops on my runs, one of which is in the railway station, through which I usually pass on my way home from a race. It exerts a gravitational field that I cannot fight. Muttley

wool ball and tape it under the painful area, then I can run marathons with no pain at all. See full thread... and can relieve toe painYentz boogman - Numb feet can be caused by Morton's Neuroma, where the nerves in between the toes get pinched