Q. After running sessions I often have sore knees. Are there exercises I can do to improve knee strength?A. This is a frequent complaint from runners and triathletes. The most common problem is called runner's knee. This is a pain just below
after he announced in mid-April that he would run the ING New York City Marathon on November 5: to Indianapolis to drive the pace car at the Indy 500; to New York City to publicize a partnership between Nike (his biggest sponsor) and Apple; to Boston
cancer 20 years earlier but didn't really know enough about it. I read and read and then started to run and run, as I was angry and frustrated at my friend's struggle. John was recovering from a third operation and then I heard Colin was now down
Torres del Paine, ChileA marathon journey, but Chilean Patagonia rewards with a runners’ paradise of granite spires, glaciers, lakes and possibly the occasional puma to motivate your speedwork.
GETTY IMAGESIf you’re just getting started, don’t be befuddled by terms like wicking, pronation or GPS. Get everything you need - not what the shop assistant wants to sell you – with our guide to key kit essentials.If you’ve been running for a
If I should let drop that I’ve just run 20 miles to the gym and back, just to idle away a dull morning, I can count on one of two responses from my audience.First there’s, “Run? I can’t even run for the bus, me!” Surely, I reply, that depends on who
regularly and burn more calories. Physiologically, losing weight through a combination of diet and exercise is more effective than diet alone, with your runs maintaining or increasing lean muscle mass, which keeps your metabolism firing. Psychologically
. I’ve run in countries where there isn’t any roadkill, either because intensive farming techniques have long since eradicated even the faintest folk memory of wildlife, or else because any creature unlucky enough to be run over would be sizzling on a
this year, making it the most lucrative one-day annual fundraising event in Britain. And with charity runners making up a large part of the fields at an increasing number of events, from the Great North Run to the London Triathlon, or even the Paris and New
Q I know that long runs should be run slower than race pace, but can you explain why. I want to race at eight minute/mile pace at next years Flora London Marathon, so surely I should train at that pace? Also, if I run a half-marathon in January
