chances of injury.—Rob Spedding, RW Staff Writer

, with beeps in between. And there’s also a pace calculator, which will indicate your average pace for the session once the distance of your run is entered. (A cheaper, more limited, 50-lap Triax Speed is also available, £84.99.)Pros Memory, biggest digits

of running shoe that fits neatly into a similar ‘hybrid' category: performance trainers.They're light enough to slip on for a speed session on the track, but offer enough stability and cushioning to cope with all but the longest Sunday training runs. They

while you do and you can store 20 phone numbers!Nike Triax Speed – £60With huge digits and an angled face, the Triax Speed is incredibly easy to read on the run. Five countdown timers mean it’s a great tool for interval sessions. Another excellent touch

sessions for runners of all levels.” Baldaro is typical in that he takes two club sessions a week, offering a variety of work-outs at different speeds and distances. But his involvement with his runners doesn’t end there. “I talk to many of my runners two

.cardiosport.comCiclosport Hac 4 £154.99 Great cross-training tool as it’s also a bike computer that can provide readings such as speed, distance, temperature, gradients and altitude.Can store up to 64 hours of data, which can then be downloaded onto a PC. Graphical display

We are never going to claim that running a marathon personal best is easy. Even if you've never run a marathon before, there's no guarantee you'll walk away with a new mark. You might have completed every training session; treated each ache as soon

started running to this heart rate every day. The pace was painfully slow at first, around two minutes slower per mile than my usual pace. Gradually though my pace improved and I became comfortable running at this low heart rate, but at a faster speed than

to an average of 83 and a maximum of 111 - the two-for-one sausages offer was pretty exciting. "I'm amazed by your shopping heart rates," says Dunbar. "I'd expect them to be higher, you must enjoy it more than most people."—Rob SpeddingAs well as keeping you

. Everything became easier when I started running with other people in my office. I was running more regularly, I made progress more quickly because I was training with people who were better than me and it was more fun. Rob SpeddingYears Running 7Fast running