ProfileNAME: Lee Healy and partner RachelSUCCESS: Introducing Rachel to runningHOW HE ACHIEVED IT: By doing it on her terms, when she was readyINITIAL ROUTINE: One-minute run/walkROUTINE NOW: Rachel and Lee run three miles, three times a week
UAN:194 Article type:Every year, thousands of people make a resolution to start running. Maybe you’re one of them. Maybe that’s how you got started 10 years ago. But if you’re already a runner, what will you resolve to do for the year ahead
You're a busy person. You have enough to think about. So you can forget these 10 worries once and for all."I don't have time to squeeze in a run today." As little as 10 minutes a day of continuous running can boost both your fitness and your mood
10-15 miles beforehand. Then at least you'll be doing the 'last' 6 miles of your training run with the crowds, which will keep you going. If you decide to do the extra miles after the 10K race, make sure you run much slower than your 10K race pace
weights, aerobics, swimming or mountain biking. If youre committed to doing long runs in marathon preparation, then plan to go somewhere different every couple of weeks. Get someone to drop you 10 miles from home so that youre not going over the same old
. (Stickless)I chose to join the running club with the most good-looking women in the team pictures on their website. Fickle? Yes. Shallow? Yes. But great for motivation! (Coops10)Enter a race that's in six to eight weeks' time, and a teensy bit further than
UAN:193 Article type:--David Hays lives in the South-West, an area of the country that for much of the winter is very grey and wet. Three times a week he meets his running partners at the ridiculously early time of 5.15 am – although he lies
surface to run on – so it's generally a good idea to recreate outdoor conditions as much as possible on the treadmill by setting it to a 1% incline or increasing the speed slightly, to adapt slowly to outdoor running. When you do get going outside
their perceived limits, and this is a natural reaction designed to conserve energy," says sports psychologist Dr Barbara Walker of the Center for Human Performance in Ohio, US.But you can conquer tough moments with fast-finish workouts: run three to 16 200-400m
of chronic leukaemia has not stopped him in his tracks. "I can no longer run," he said before the Reading Half-Marathon 2009. "So I shall walk." Bill finished the 13-miler in just under four hours, leaning heavily on his team of sighted guides after every
