. Make sure you hydrate properly and take adequate electrolytes. Try to do any last-minute training in the early morning or evening when it's cooler. Short runs at midday are ok just to get used to the heat. Coming out a few weeks before is great if you

There are countless inspiring running races around the world, but if you’re looking for the daddy of them all, you need to head south to the Antarctic Ice Marathon. No other race can touch it for inaccessibility, extreme conditions and sheer icy

--Strengthening your lower back and abdominal muscles should help ease any pain you experience while running. To minimise stress on the lower back, use an upright posture (ie no slouching) while sitting, standing, walking, and running. You can also

Case Study OneRuby Mills started running a few months ago but despite increasing her mileage slowly, she started to feel a twinge in her left hip. “The pain would subside after a few rest days, but every time I started running again it would return

on to the water within our body. Every day we lose fluid by sweating, breathing and urinating. It's the sweating in particular that runners need to pay attention to because as soon as you start to run, you start to dehydrate. About 75 per cent of the energy you

to cope better with the abnormal forces running places on your body.ImpactAvoid hard-soled shoes and concrete as these will throw upwards any difference in leg length, tilting your pelvis. Instead, try to run on grass or a treadmill. Cross-train with low

Novice triathletes soon realise that the best way to save time in transition is to limit kit changes. You need kit you can wear under your wetsuit for the swim, that offers protection and support for the bike leg and doesn’t encumber you on the run

running lives, we can expose our backs to minor damage from poor posture, poor abdominal strength, too much bending forward or backward, repeated quick or strenuous muscle contractions, tightness in the gluteus and hamstring muscles and tight connective

temperaturesSimon Ward, triathlete and coach"I did the Marathon des Sables and everyone was scared of the heat - the hottest day was over 60°C. But it was dry heat, so the sweat dried on the skin and cooled us down. It was probably better than running in 30°C

. If you long for company, go with the group for the first few miles of bike or run training, then do your own thing.Warning signsIt's natural to feel twinges when you return to training after injury, but they should fade as you warm up. If pain keeps