After a week of voting and frantic speculation, please join us in congratulating our Lucozade Sport Super Six winners: just back from a run, Matchstick Man, AndyV, Hashette, Evil Pixie and spinkletoes. Having been selected from more than 2

The Runner's World Personal Best Awards aim to recognise and reward the products and services that have helped make your running so enjoyable and enriching.This year, a carefully-selected expert panel will decide the winners in the following six

for runners. Some people are more susceptible than others, vomiting after almost every race, while others never experience nausea despite pushing themselves just as hard. When you run, blood is shunted away from your gastro-intestinal tract and towards

Q I’m very busy with work and family, and don’t have much time to run. So I’m looking for one great weekly training session each week to get me in top running shape. Any ideas?A Even though I work at RUNNER’S WORLD, I’m in the same boat as you

.Rather than having a set number of hard sessions every week, I would recommend anyone to phase them in gradually. Thus, in the first phase (a few weeks) of a training programme, just concentrate on easy and steady running and gradually increase your mileage

Q I have an identity crisis. As a keen runner for the last 20 years, I have recently retired, but now I just cannot find the motivation to train properly. I climb into my car rather than my running gear. When I do go out for a run, any uphill

Q I’m 44 years old and have been running for 20 years. I stretch my calves and hamstrings before I run but have recently suffered a calf strain after a few miles. How can I avoid this and how should these injuries be treated when they occur?A From

Q. I really enjoy half-marathons and long runs, but rather than step up to a marathon I’ve decided to go to an extreme and attempt to run from John O’Groats to Lands End (the JOGLE) next August. If I do, I’d like to cover 40 miles a day

Q I like to use an elliptical trainer for cross-training when I’m injured. How do I best use it to maintain aerobic fitness and fast leg turnover?A Among all cross-training machines, elliptical trainers provide the closest approximation to running

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