Stephen Regenold from www.thegearjunkie.com. "A room-temperature bike in new snow can cause ice to form on brakes and gears more easily." Also, keep your chain and cassette lubricated."Make the most of the ride to workThese bike-based drills can help make

on every step also has the added benefit of distracting you from aching legs and burning lungs. Look upSnow-capped mountains, wooded glades, bleak moorland: you name it, trail running delivers. It gets you out into some of the most beautiful spots

reality is that many of the country's top athletes - including Alistair Brownlee, the reigning ITU World Champion - spend the majority of their off-season slugging it out through rain, sleet and snow right here in the UK. And if they can do it, so can you

the single-lap race's topographical and scenic high-point."Why have a lie-in on a Sunday morning when you can complete such uplifting challenge?! I enjoyed the snow, ice, cold muddy puddles and very tough conditions - great atmosphere at the finish too

after doing the LNM, but the body and mind are starting to miss it. With the dark nights and colder weather, shorter runs are my preferred choice over the winter. Bring on the snow! – Stephen HumphreyTrain a little slower – that'll let you train seven

the 10,000m and 5000m European track titles. "I usually take part in cross-country races during the winter to help my preparations for the major championships," says Farah. "Cross-country is a tough discipline as courses can be hilly, muddy or even snow

was deemed well enough for work then I can run.Once that was out of the way, I went to a parkrun with Hashette. I wore my new trail shoes because of the snow (and mashed one of my toes - mmm nice red sock) but still slid around. I came in last in 42:19 but I

UAN: Article type:add book link if poss-->“It was a beautiful winter day – snowy but sunny – and I felt great running on snow-packed roads. I was as pregnant as possible – for that evening, I gave birth. I had gone out for a five-miler, but I

. I took it to my training races and got the winners to sign it. I balanced it on my chin for the runners in the Flora 1000-Mile Challenge. I even dismantled it, put it in a backpack (it weighed about 16kg) and trudged up Ben Nevis in the snow

the opportunity pass me by. I started training in December in my lunch hours and at weekends running from 20 minutes on the treadmill to three hours on the road though the wind, cold, rain, snow, and I enjoyed every bit of it.I did my stint at the marathon expo