Spring's the perfect time to pick up the pace – or the pieces – of your running regime. The weather's warming up, and runners' diaries will be packed with top racing opportunities over a huge range of distances and terrains. Whether you're worried

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should experiment to find out how long you need to wait before running,” explains nutrition expert Asker Jeukendrup. “But we believe that people can run within as little as a hour after eating.” So you can still train after an evening meal.Top tip Eat

allow yourself to fall into a deadly-dull routine, mindlessly covering the same routine in every session.Here then are four tips to put the zest back into your running.1. Run for time, not milesStop worrying about miles. Mileage mania ties you to a few

time (little dos and don'ts that add up to serious savings); and re-thinking time (new ways to examine the relationship between your running and the time you need to do it). We’ve pulled out 35 of our can't-fail time-management tips . If you're a Runner

steps or discover Paula's top motivational tips.Subscribers can view the rest of the tips in the full article. Not a magazine subscriber? Subscribe online now to make a significant saving on the newsstand price.Extracted from How to Run by Paula

Go easy more oftenThe physiological adaptations that increase your speed happen during recovery, not training. Leg-searing rides and runs put your body under great physical stress. To cope with that kind of pressure your body strengthens itself

– From the Forum first.)We've grouped the tips into these categories, all on this page:General | Long runs | Speedwork | Hillwork | Heart rateThe name of each tip-giver - each of whom we salute - prefaces each one, and you can click through to the whole

motivated by choosing a race as a goal, but use whatever target works for you, whether that’s building up to your first 10-mile run, running five times a week, or logging 100 miles in a month. “A good goal keeps you excited,” says Hadfield.Go Off

my motivation', it's not easy to find all the best nuggets of wisdom. So we've done it for you. They're in no particular order, because different tips will work for different runners – but you're guaranteed to find something here to get you out