In the future, we'll be able to run for ever. Octogenarians will record PBs thanks to organ cloning and advanced cryogenic suspension. Speedy nonagenarians, bored with clocking six-minute miles at the London Marathon, will apply for places at ultras
Running on roads can be quite a shock to the system if you’re not used to it,as this week’s questioner has just discovered. Disappointed in his performance and struggling to see past this temporary setback, can you offer him practical training
Time to work out a training schedule. The triathlon is now 8 weeks away. That's more than enough time to give me a fighting chance of running a sub 20-minute 5K. I'm booked into the Standard Chartered Great City Race, which takes place 4 weeks
– but we only recycle or reuse a measly 14 per cent of this. Drop your old running gear off at one of Britain’s 6,000 textile banks and you can walk away happy knowing that it’s got another useful life ahead of it. Clothes that are too tatty to be worn
With one week left until my running leg of the Hyde Park Triathlon, I visited Bupa's London branch for a fitness assessment. The aim? To find out if I've got the potential to run a sub 20-minute 5K at my current level of fitness and if not, then how
first experience of triathlon. I’m a regular runner and I can’t remember how many races I’ve competed in. But running races are simple. You just show up and run. The biggest barrier you’ll potentially face is deciding whether to use two safety pins
By the time you reach the run leg of a triathlon, your breathing may be as ragged as your style, but both will benefit if you can find a regular rhythm. "When you're running smoothly, your breathing should be smooth," says Laura Denham-Jones, a yoga
its 72nd running this year (a sequence dating back to 1933 and one that not even World War II could disrupt), is the Bislett Games of cross-country running. Like the famous Norwegian track meeting, held in a tiny, rickety Oslo stadium, it is warm
SUB 1:30 WEEK ONE WEEK TWO WEEK THREE WEEK FOUR WEEK FIVE WEEK SIX WEEK SEVEN Jul 13 (Sat) Hills run 8 repetitions of at least 30 seconds. 10 mins jog before and after session Jul 20 (Sat) Fartlek run 30 mins of mixed pace Jul 27 (Sat) 30
(Sun) Endurance target: run 60 mins plus at an easy paceJul 21 (Sun) Endurance target: run 60 mins plus at a steady paceJul 28 (Sun) Race (ideally 10K)Aug 4 (Sun) Endurance target: run 75 mins plus at an easy paceAug 11 (Sun) Endurance target: run 75
