runner under their wing will too."You have to put your expectations on the back burner; it teaches you to be unselfish, to do it for someone else, not yourself," he says. But he warns against badgering a non-runner into going on a training run if they don

packed away and everyone had gone - a demoralising and humiliating experience that left me with little motivation to ever run again.By 16 years old, all I did was play video games and eat junk food. As a result, my weight had ballooned to 17 stone, and my

winning the British title - a day I will never ever forget. The London crowds showed why London is the greatest city in the world, and I'd like to say thanks to them, and to Runner's World. I can't wait till next year. I now intend to join a local running