You may have a will of iron and the self-belief of a firewalker, but you'll still have those odd days (or weeks, or months) when your motivation takes a walk.Is it because the marathon is now over, leaving you nothing to aim for? Is it that you

in 2002, resulting in serious whiplash. I was off work for four months, almost unable to walk let alone run. I was told that I'd probably be unable to run again, and I was devastated – but a year after the accident I did my first five minutes

, it can't be beaten. My daughters got to 5K by using the same techniques as their mother: run-walk a set distance, and build from there. Going for gentle jogs with my daughters after my own 12-mile runs is a perfect way to ease away post