able to make it round the athletics track in under 90 seconds and without finding it fascinating to discuss the relative merits of control versus stability shoes. Not everyone feels the need to be coached as part of a group – after all, getting away

, as if you're cleaning the sole of your shoe. To start the upstroke, pull up on the heel first. Practise pedalling with one leg to start with - rest your other foot on the turbo trainer. Focus first on the downstroke, then the upstroke, then on both. Start

and spreading the metatarsals (a group of five long bones in the foot) to massage the soft tissue and help your feet recover. Otherwise all that time spent compressed in your shoes will reduce the base of support for weight distribution, leading to increased