?"Your best answersBe very careful, the EVA cushioning is very sensitive to heat and will harden and/or shrink. I used to get it all the time in the shoe shop I worked in, and it was never a manufaturing fault. – Andrew_BThe most I ever do is use an old

! – BaxTry using more than one pair of run shoes! Keep two pairs (different brands) on the go at once, and chop and change between them. – Rob WilliamsI've tried bigger shoes, seamless socks, regular pedicures and Chanel Rouge Noir. All have helped

lunchtimes per week). Each Monday I take a towel and trousers for the week, and every day I carry a shirt and underwear. I always leave shoes at work. – KezzTake your pickSome options...1. Run at lunchtime and use wet wipes2. Run when you get home and have a

on changing to a midfoot strike using the ChiRunning book. I'm now far less prone to injuries, and I'm running in lighter shoes with less support. My running seems to flow better, and I'm working with my body rather than against it. It's still a work

Get the right shoes and remember to stretchIf you've got the right shoes for your feet and gait, I'd say that the calf and shin problem will subside once your body gets used to running. Just make sure you're doing plenty of stretches after your sessions

've already got as a cyclist. Oh yeah, helmet is compulsory. I've since bought a second-hand road bike for £200. Triathlons are great fun – as a plodder myself I highly recommend you give it a try. This may be of use for training plans: Fun2Tri.co.uk. Good

This week's questioner had a baby in January. But, unlike her fellow new mum Paula Radcliffe, she doesn't have a coach as a hubby. How should she get back into running?"I used to run most mornings (approx 3 miles) and loved it. I gave up a year ago

after a week or less. A good idea is to do some cross training: swimming, cycling or walking. But be very careful of doing quick breast stroke if you've recently run. It's an unnatural action for legs that are used to only going forwards or backwards

of exercises you can do at home without any special equipment, and a lot more that you can do if you invest in a gym ball and some dumb-bells. But the best form of running-specific core training is probably to put on a pair of fell-shoes and gallop up and down

get out via the A19 from the Tyne Tunnel or York Avenue in Jarrow, and the left-hand side of Leam Lane is open all day. Here's a map.EEyin: If you're at the tail end, put blue disposable shoe covers on before the gel station around nine miles, or you