Right, now I’m getting nervous. Tomorrow I leave for French Guyana, and, as usual, I’ve left everything to the last minute. The list of kit seems to have stretched overnight.It includes 250mg of ciprofloxacin hydrochloride, 10mg of buscopan, 250mg
As winter recedes, now is the time to invest in your most important piece of gear: new running shoes. Our Spring/Summer Guide includes a bumper crop of 40 new shoes, as well as reviews and technical information on each.The RW Shoe Lab has once again
. The most likely cause? Very long runs in ill-fitting shoes. "There should be 1cm between the end of the shoe and the longest toe, with the toes neither crowded nor slipping around," says Prior. The toenail may fall off, or grow with a horizontal ridge
checkpoint.4. Dress RehearsalYour rucksack is possibly your most important purchase so choose wisely but trust in kit you've tried and tested. I used an OMM Classic 25L, which I've used for several years and it worked perfectly. A 25L pack is more than
and topless cycling or running leads to instant disqualification, so wearing a suit is vital.Q. Should I use tri bars?A. If you are new to triathlon there is no point buying tri bars as they are not essential kit. However, if you are already a self
in a low gear, facing the direction of the bike exit.Lay out your cycling and running kit to one side of, or behind (never underneath) the bike. A bright towel or mat behind your back wheel will help you find your bike when you're disorientated after
features. One of those is the interval training function, which allows you to set 30 different interval times to run consecutively. Its big, rubberised buttons are easy to hit, and the overall memory stores 100 laps in multiple sessions (the total time
Getty ImagesThe conundrum: push yourself too hard and run yourself into the ground. Don’t push yourself hard enough and never improve. The answer: start listening to your heart, not your head, by using a heart rate monitor (HRM). What does a HRM do
and look better within weeks. If you do get an injury, see a physiotherapist if it doesn’t settle quickly or appears to be getting worse with each run. Get the right kit – go to a good running shop and get your running gait assessed so you buy the right
wearing my clothes under my wetsuit, so it was just a matter of donning socks, shoes, helmet, gloves and Oakley’s.After a while I realised I'd got bag 651 instead of 851, so I had to run back the other way.Then blow me, the 600 row had been removed. I
