Introducing our new weekly gear blog, packed with RW Gear Editor Kerry McCarthy's favourite running kit. We'll be updating the blog every Friday - just in time for a spot of weekend retail therapy on the RW Store!OMM Classic 25 (£60)Kerry says

Asics Women's Run Brief (£13)Kerry says: Being a fella I've not tried these but RW's trusted cadre of female gear testers report that they're something of an oddity in the sports brief market – in that they actually work. They don't bobble, rub

when running. The heart-rate strap adjusts easily and is perfectly comfortable, while the footpod clips easily to your laces with its presence undetectable once it’s on. In training the watch was easy to use. It stores 100 laps or up to seven hours

UAN:265 Article type:++add book link at top++ --This is adapted from the book, Eat Smart, Play Hard, by RW USA Nutrition Editor Liz Applegate. While they may not be found in the supplement aisle of your local supermarket or health food store, some

tracks your player can store depends on the file type used. Using an industry standard gauge of a four-minute track, an 8GB device would store: 4000 tracks in WMA  2000 tracks in MP3 2000 tracks in AAC  200 tracks in WAV

and distance monitor and heart-rate monitor, the Garmin 305 is possibly the ultimate running gadget available. The speed and distance features are fantastic – it can store your best times on a circuit so you can “virtually” race yourself next time; it lets you

stores for tired muscles, and research has also shown that drinking it one to two hours before training can also boost recovery. The whey protein in Recovermax combats cortisol, which can be produced during hard training and which can slow recovery

UAN:261 Article type:++add book link at top++ --This is adapted from the book, Eat Smart, Play Hard, by RW USA Nutrition Editor Liz Applegate. Better known as andro, this supplement made headlines when US baseball slugger Mark McGwire said

Nike Free Run+ 3 Women's Running Shoes (SS12), £80.00Kerry says: Research has shown (well, straw polls conducted at RW towers from time to time) that women are more concerned with the aesthetics of their running kit than men. While men need

When: April 3Where: BournemouthFirst man: Jon Sharkey 33:06First woman: Rebekah Gardiner 38:46Last finisher: 2:35:52No. of finshers: 1,322Type of race:  RoadRW rating 2011: 92%With golden sands and blue sea to one side, and rows of brightly painted