the training, all the equipment and all the streets in the world would be useless without them.I wonder who these people are. What kind of person stands for hours at a water table handing cups to unknown and often unappreciative runners? What kind of person
to speak passionately about a topic not on the floor. So everyone moans and lets that person wax lyrical on a subject that’s only important to him or her.This is my 48th column to appear in Runner's World. It is the end of my fourth year in this space
in my life, I found that it was nearly identical to other runners experiences.At every stop I found people who shared my love of running, my struggle to move past self-imposed limitations and my determination to overcome an earlier life of bad judgement
Extract from No Need For Speed by John Bingham (Rodale International Limited, £8.99). To order direct from Runner's World for the special price of £7.99 (inc P&P), call 0800 731 0622 and quote 55174-0.Those who know me well know that I enjoy
character, but only on the pages of Runner's World). My progress as a runner has consisted of frustratingly slow, small gains. I’ve gradually learnt that, in order to improve, I need to inch my mileage up and, sometimes, slow my pace down. I’ve realised
This section is adapted from No Need For Speed - A Beginner's Guide To The Joy Of Running, by John Bingham. Buy this book!Many adult-onset athletes believe that living an active lifestyle would be easier if they could trade the body they have
but to continue to the top. And that you’d know for sure when you reached it.Not being the best hill runner in the world, I thought I’d use some strategy. I opted for a combination of heart-rate monitoring and run/walk intervals. My thinking (and I use the term
Each and every new runner is unique, as are their experiences.But while we cant tell you everything you need to know, we can at least give you a good start. Here, John Bingham and Julie Welch offer you an insight into the things they wished they
