When your 11-year-old son discovers a love for cross-country running, how do you encourage his enthusiasm without overdoing it – and how do you prepare him for disappointment?"My 11-year-old son is showing an interest in running. It all stems from a

with total flexibility in terms of how and when to clock up those miles. Online running community fetcheveryone.com has monthly mileage groups, which are great for motivation. You could even run the year – 2010 miles works out as 38.5 per week! Start a

ProfileNAME: Lee Healy and partner RachelSUCCESS: Introducing Rachel to runningHOW HE ACHIEVED IT: By doing it on her terms, when she was readyINITIAL ROUTINE: One-minute run/walkROUTINE NOW: Rachel and Lee run three miles, three times a week

that’s motivating you to run? Well, did you see Greg LeMond on the Today show? [LeMond, who won three Tours before retiring in 1994, has been a vocal critic of Armstrong’s and appeared on television to discuss Floyd Landis’s positive drug test

,000 expert tips on nutrition, motivation, training and more.Whether you're a complete beginner or already have your sights set on a PB, this 300-page book can help you train and run better. The Complete Guide to Running is divided into 10 key chapters

Every year at Runner's World, we come across people who achieve amazing things and who use running as a force of change, in their own lives and in the lives of others. Go to any running event in the UK and you'll find them. They are the beginners

Every running parent – elite or beginner, sprint or endurance – wants their child to grow up fit, healthy and active. And of course there will be a bias towards running as a means to that end. But kids being kids, it’s never going

was possible and accomplish great things. No one demonstrates that better than the Running Heroes honoured by Runner’s World and Aviva in 2008 — they were seven people who achieved something or gave back in a monumental way. Among that group

SPONSORED BY:In April, Runner's World will recognise seven outstanding people who have made us especially proud. We honour them - the Runner's World Heroes of Running 2008 - not only for the heroics they've demonstrated, but also the future heroes

. No one demonstrates this better than the Heroes of Running, honoured by Runner's World and Aviva since 2008.Last year's winners were six people who achieved something or gave back to the sport in a monumental way. The group was headed by the extraordinary