mid-May.) The Perfect 10K | Tulloh's next steps Alternatively, if you have time on your hands, a fondness for planned routes through the countryside and a taste for cake at drinks stations, you could go long, and dip a toe into the lower-speed world

stages of the route.Why it pays to cool down...At around mile nine, soon after I took a few swigs of Lucozade Sport at one of the well-manned drinks stations, a burst of energy lifted my spirits and seemed to insert a firework somewhere about my person. I

You've heard the usual recommendations for so long that you accept them as gospel. And most of the advice is solid. Who can argue with putting in mileage, peaking for races and stretching after a run? But just because many coaches, sports

wrist up to the streetlights, desperately trying to track my pace. Then there are no more streetlights.Approaching the first drinks station I see volunteers handing out bags of fluid, rather than cups or bottles. I'm not thirsty, but I am intrigued. I

online now.Believe & Achieve/Alexandra Sports 5K or 10K Santa Run (Portsmouth, December 12)Snow machines and seaside views combine to make this seasonal sprint appeal to all ages and running abilities. Bring all the family along to take part in this 5K

crossed the line it still counted.A medal and an oh-so-appropriate sports towel was awarded to every finisher, and a swarm of volunteers busied themselves around us, pressure-washing legs clean, helpfully untying laces and generally trying to convince us

descended on Saturday April 2, I was not sitting. Nor was I drinking. I was running in Sherwood Forest, hot on the heels of a panting Maid Marian (who was lit up by the oscillating beam of my head torch) through a dense thicket of trees. Think Robin Hood

--About meI got into sport when I left school and for 25 years I was involved in themartial arts and kickboxing, competing and coaching up to national level.By the late 90's I had lost interest and felt there was no challenge in it.I needed a new

just mucking in and loving the sport - an ethos that suited me just fine.All that was left was to collect my race number from the small-but-perfectly-formed expo and relax before the big day - hardly a feat in such a charming tourist hotspot. Carb

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