Catch up with the highlights from our recent webchat with Six Physio physio Matt Todman.The theme was last-minute race help.Matt qualified as a physio 20 years ago and has spent the past decade at the forefront of sports medicine. He works as a

enhance your recovery.Finally, doubles can be used to prime the pump for workouts or races. In this case, you would want to do the double during the morning before an afternoon workout. The short morning run would serve to prime the body by flushing out

goal on the horizon to inspire me to get out there. All my training for London had been focused on that date, it didn’t occur to me to roll it over to a different race. I just hung up my trainers.Years went by and suddenly 2012 was approaching. I

uppers and a good range of movement around the ankle. I’ll use them as my main road-running and track shoe, and for racing 5Ks and 10Ks.’ The Mobium Elite is available to buy for £85 at sweatshop.co.uk and also at Sweatshop, Trump Street, London EC2V

Justin Bowyer, 42, a writer from Oxfordshire‘Some shoes feel like they’re going to be fast as soon as you put them on – and these do. The uppers are comfortable, not too constricting and my foot moves really nicely in them. Great for everyday training and racing

The Virgin London Marathon is always one of the highlights of the global running calendar and yesterday’s race didn’t disappoint. Many PB’s were attempted, many achieved, some missed but regardless an eventful day was had by all with Guinness World

water for the second half. This drill prepares you for when you need a big kick in a race: the start; catching a swimmer in front to draft; and the last 200-300m of the race, when you need to get blood to the legs to help with transition and prepare you

be slippy on the way through T1. But you don’t need to limit application to below the ankles -Skin Shield can be used anywhere that skin meets fabric, footwear or equipment, such as helmet and bra straps, race belts and wetsuits, though it should not be used

You put a lot of effort into your training, nutrition and race-day goals – don’t sabotage it by neglecting your toenails. Keep an eye on them and take action if you spot something amiss. “Most toenail problems are easily avoided,” says podiatrist

, then pasta for lunch and a meat and two veg-like meal in the evening, then just snacks in between. I think this is the best fuel really, no sports products or protein shakes. If I’m doing an ultra race I’ll take sports gels but on something like this you don