flour, potatoes and cornflakes. Dieter's Strategy: Don't strength train to stop weight gain Runner's Strategy: Balance running and strength trainingDieters often shy away from strength training out of a fear it will make them bulk up. But for many

training: sore muscles and joints, the occasional injury. Now add some of these symptoms to that list: disturbed sleep, a sudden drop in weight, a loss of appetite, decreased coordination, uncharacteristic clumsiness. If you've been experiencing any

There is no running experience to match the feeling of finishing your first race. Few tasks in life are as clear-cut as running a race. There's a start and a finish; you job is to get from one to the other, and you'll be timed during the effort

unless I was forced to by serious illness or injury. Night Nurse I know a couple of runners over 70. One of them I know was even running ultras until a couple of years ago! I can't see that I'll ever stop unless I'm forced to. I started running when I

UAN: 167 Article type:--Most of us can come up with plenty of reasons to avoid speedwork: we might say it hurts; it increases our chances of picking up an injury; it makes us too tired for our other runs… the list is endless. The thing is, they

an injury problem!Not all her final key sessions went as well as earlier ones but she typically did them as well as she could. The warmer weather of later weeks means Kim has confirmed her fears that she isn’t comfortable running quickly in higher

); there was disappointment at not going sub-5, although a course best was achieved. And I learnt yet again that even with the best preparation(I even managed appropriate long runs, ate well the week before and tapered) the marathon is an evil unpredictable beastie which

" at the 22-mile point. After the torment of the Isle of Dogs it really spurred me on for the last four miles. Oh yes, and the bunny girl in a G-string - that had to hurt.The worst moment was at 8 miles when my ITB injury flared up and I feared that I wouldn

the first blow, Sue got the Flu,three weeks with no running, 'Oh what shall we do?' I said 'never fear Sue, in me put your trust!' We'll do this damn run, we will sh*t or bust!Then some weeks ago, Sue came down with a bug,three weeks on the bench we could

deafening. And I didn't have to take a pee in the street! I will certainly be running London again!World Champion, 3:08What a great day; after two previous years of disaster due to injury or illness I finished with a PB of 3:08.I owe a lot of my thanks start