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While getting the kit together for a six-day Eco Challenge can be as tough as the race itself, one- and two-day races are perfect for the weekend warrior who dimly remembers owning a bike to go to school on. While international-level teams

Set aside a running wardrobe Or, if you're squeezed for space, a drawer or shelf. Use it strictly for your running kit. Organise it however you like. The point is, every run or trip to the gym won't turn into a house-wide scavenger hunt as you

A round-up of the best performance shoes on the market to help leave your rivals trailing... Asics Gel DS Trainer XIII, £85 Weight 286gDS Trainers have long been heralded as an ideal racing shoe for stability-shoe wearers, or an everyday trainer

New BalanceNew Balance 751, £70New Balance 1064, £90NewtonNewton Isaac, £110SauconySaucony ProGrid Jazz 13, £69.99 [BEST BUY]Saucony ProGrid Triumph 7, £95STABILITYRecommended for runners who are mild to moderate overpronators and who generally have

Grid Triumph 8STABILITYRecommended for runners who are mild to moderate overpronators and who generally have low to normal arches. These runners tend to need a shoe with a combination of good support and midsole cushioning.AsicsAsics Gel-Kayano 17Asics Gel

STABILITYRecommended for runners who are mild to moderate overpronators and who generally have low to normal arches. The people who fit these categories tend to need a design that offers a combination of support and midsole cushioning.FeaturesTorsion control device

-up to set a heart-rate target zone for that session and a fitness test which predicts your VO2 max. It also lets you record detailed heart-rate information for each rep you run, or every split in a race, providing you with your maximum and average heart rate

You have to pity race organisers. They go to great pains to have someone ride round their course measuring it with a Jones-Oerth counter, then 200 runners turn up wearing wrist-mounted GPS computers and claim the route is 300 metres too long. Speed

Finding the best running watch is a little like trying to decide on the best running shoe: it depends on who you are and what you want from it. If you never race, never do speedwork and prefer to run by feel rather than time or distance, then it