, but don't worry if you don't feel confident enough to run continuously from the get-go. Many new runners get started by combining running and walking and this is a great way to gradually build up your fitness. RW's Get Started Schedule is a brilliant place

poor man's John Wayne.Scroll forward to late spring 2011, when Team TW decided to take on the Hyde Park Triathlon. After working on the Triathlete's World website for a year, I knew that I could no longer blame cycling itself for my irrational hatred

exercise but can't seem to lose weight, then it might be time to look more closely at your diet.Despite having already run for 18 years, Simon Lynch brought his weight down from 15.5 stone to 12 stone over a three-month period by increasing training

- from Scottish schoolchildren to runners in their seventies. After five months of planning, a dedicated community called Coasters GB was born. Barry started off on his first relay leg in Blackpool on 9th May 2010. Stu remembers his nerves the day

legs are working hard and my heart rate is on the up. Even if I wanted to slack off, Lars is standing by to make sure my legs are whirling around at 100 rpm to generate the 35 vibrations (in Hz) per minute.How do the 'good vibrations' feel? Well

also return to running using a walk/run schedule in a 5:1 ratio, dependent on pain. There's no easy cure for my running problems, but for now I'm just relieved I can cycle.In celebration, I spent last weekend cycling on trails near my parents' home

contracted meningitis at the age of five. Nowadays running is the only sport on the agenda for the 100m sprinter, whose sights are firmly set on London 2012.How were you talent spotted?I went to London just over a year ago for a talent day organised

Keri-Anne Payne's name is synonymous with open-water swimming. She won silver in the gruelling 10km marathon swim at the 2008 Beijing Summer Games, when open-water made its Olympic debut.With London 2012 quickly approaching, Keri-Anne is predicted