distance race he ever entered as a teenager. He obviously had legs, guts, and stamina from the go.He also won a more recent running race. This time it was a run-bike-run affair called the Dirty Duathlon in Rocky Hill, Texas, back in December 2002

.RW: What songs?Let Me Entertain You by Robbie Williams, a couple of R Kelly songs, that sort of thing. One year it was Daniel Bedingfield's Gotta Get Thru This. Not because I liked it particularly, but because it was a hard part of my training, and the song

years ago, then eased off to recreational running, then had her first baby. She simply wanted to get back in shape, and to finish another marathon. All three runners achieved their goals last December at the Kiawah Island Marathon in the USA. So did 18

sessions?In a word, yes! The truth is that quality sessions do not have to last any longer than 45 minutes to produce major gains in fitness. Take, for example, the classic study carried out at the Karolinska Institute in Stockholm several years ago

’t find 30 minutes to devote to a run, head out for a quick 10-15 minutes in the morning, then slip in another 10-minute trot later on that evening.Tip from the trenches: “I recently bought my seven-year-old daughter a bike, and she now rides

was announcing his own plans, his fellow American Sam Thompson was reaching the end of his own feat of endurance – running 51 marathons in 50 days. So maybe it's not such a rare (or crazy) talent, after all? Forty-three-year-old Karnazes, who embarks on the North

might expect. Heart rate monitors are really good for base training and will give you instant visual feedback on whether you're training at the most useful level or not... which is often amazingly slow. – Dave CochraneSet a targetEnter a race. You know

’Sullivan after winning a mile race. Concrete, he noticed, sent shock waves through his body and was a surefire route to long-term damage. There was only one way to sum it up: “I’m convinced that if you run on softer surfaces, your career will last longer.” The 35

Hill repeats: help develop explosive strengthThe mild autumn weather is great for running and it’s tempting to use this as an excuse to skip the weights room. But as you pile on the miles, your need for strength training grows. Years of study show