and running and then stopping when I'd had enough."This somewhat haphazard approach also brought him a 4:04 finish in 2003. "Everyone in my office was saying ‘well done,' but I was really annoyed," he recalls. When he started training for the 2005 event, he
GETTY IMAGESIf you've been running well and your muscles feel fine, stretching might seem like a waste of good running time. But scheduling in some stretching could slash your chance of getting injured, help you recover from existing injuries
Case study - Tim Piggott, 26 Reason for layoff: Car crash I have always run just for the enjoyment of it. I grew up around Marlborough in Wiltshire and ran on the Downs all the time. I didn’t race, though I was running about 50 miles per week when
stretching, as this is key for anterior knee pain.Q. My target is the Paris Marathon, so there’s just over three weeks to go. I’ve been running 60 miles per week on average for 10 weeks. Prior to that, I ran approximately 40 miles per week for eight weeks. I
is loose or the tyres are badly worn. Try the brakes. Lastly, give it a trial run.And, after buying, always have it serviced and adjusted by an expert bike mechanic."Derek Wilson, who's my local mechanic, told me the tyres on my secondhand Trek 1000 needed
Heaven forbid that you might not always take RW's expert coaching advice as gospel. But there's something reassuring about other runners' first-hand experiences, too, is there not?So... here's a first instalment of some of the most practical
There’s no single 'best shoe' – everyone has different needs. All sorts of things - your biomechanics, your weight, the surfaces you run on, and obviously, the shape of your feet - mean that one person's ideal shoe can be terrible
’ll be able to send, receive and store messages from other users, and opt to be notified of new messages on your personal email if you so wish.Also Coming Soon...Routes Plot and share your favourite running and race routes, search for recommended routes near
and can only read one article, make it this one: 10 Ways To 5K Success (non-subscriber preview) One distance – some very different approaches. We’ve got 5K wisdom for racers with aims from run-walk to record time.BEGINNERS 5K is a perfectly manageable
hair and run. Not a complicated life requirement, to be sure, but one that’s often tough to initiate – until now.We’ve tackled the busy woman’s toughest barriers to regular running, providing tips from noted experts and everyday runners on how
